Jonathan Clements is one of our favorite journalists because of his common-sense approach and his focus on what is best for investors. Creating awareness is one way to combat the lies mentioned by Clements in his recent WSJ piece. The other is having an advisor on your side. Click here to read more.

As promised, we’ve prepared this year’s summer reading for our clients and will be mailing books out this week. It’s the latest from the NY Times sketch guy, Carl Richards. The One-Page Financial Plan is a great starter tool for anyone who hasn’t achieved a clear financial plan. If you can’t commit to reading the entire book, don’t miss the intro, chapter 8, and chapter 9.

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Matt Hall shares how reading Larry Swedroe’s first book brought him solace after having spent time in an industry where everything was too akin to gambling in Vegas.