The Money and Meaning Show

Join Jeff Bernier, CFP®, ChFC, CFS for quick insights and meaningful conversations with experienced professionals in wealth management, psychology, and personal development to help you navigate your path to a purposeful retirement.
Join Jeff Bernier, CFP®, ChFC, CFS for quick insights and meaningful conversations with experienced professionals in wealth management, psychology, and personal development to help you navigate your path to a purposeful retirement.
Episodes
Episodes
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Welcome to Flight 2022! Are you prepared to take off into the New Year?
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
For pilots, the pre-flight checklist is 100% mandatory. To be sure everything is in working order before takeoff, pilot and co-pilot work through a checklist verifying each step has been completed. From a financial perspective, a detailed pre-flight checklist is just as important. Listen in as Jeff details 5 key items you should check and crosscheck before takeoff on December 31!
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Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
“Humans are wired to act; markets tend to reward inaction.”― Daniel Crosby, The Behavioral Investor
On today's episode of Money & Meaning, psychologist, behavioral finance expert, and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Daniel Crosby joins Jeff again to discuss the four consistent types of behavioral risk (ego, emotion, conservatism, and attention) and how they impact investment decision-making. He points to goals-based investing as one way to bring about positive behavior. Listen in to Jeff and Daniel describe additional techniques you can use to become a more rational investor!
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Why Do You Need An Investment Philosophy?
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
"The important thing about an investment philosophy is that you have one you can stick with." David Booth, Co-Founder, Dimensional Fund Advisors
What is an investment philosophy and why does it matter? In this month's episode, Jeff tackles the fundamentals of a solid investment philosophy: faith in the capital markets, patience, and a disciplined approach. He shares practical considerations to develop your own investing process using the 6 pillars of TandemGrowth's investment philosophy. Click here for the 6 pillars of the investment journey to financial freedom.
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Purpose-Driven Burnout: Who Needs a Day Off When You‘re Not Really Working?
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
It has been said "if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." In this month's episode, Jeff discusses how this advice is not always true - how passion can become a double-edged sword. As he works with clients to uncover what matters most to them, it's important to recognize if passion has led to burnout. Are you feeling the signs of burnout? Listen in to the episode to find out why certain sectors, more specifically purpose-driven work, put employees at increased risk of burnout, how to recognize it, and what you can do to address it.
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Evidence-Based Investing: What Is It?
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Join Jeff he as welcomes back special guest Jake DeKinder, CFA, Head of Client Communication with Dimensional Fund Advisors. They provide a primer on the concept of "evidence-based investing" and discuss how Dimensional evolves and constantly tests its own assumptions as many wonder "is the world different now?". What are Dimensional's views on potential tax increases, ETFs vs mutual funds, asset allocation, and implementation?
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
3 Top Questions from Investors Answered
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Is it time to panic about inflation? In this low yield, rising rate environment, should I even own bonds? As a long-term investor, should I invest in cryptocurrency?
As we enter the halfway point of 2021, TandemGrowth recognizes three themes in recent investor questions: inflation, interest rates, and crypto. Join Jeff as he welcomes special guest Jake DeKinder, CFA, Head of Client Communication with Dimensional Fund Advisors. Jake touches on how they address these topics with their investors as well as how you can think about these topics as they relate to your portfolio.
Friday May 14, 2021
Friday May 14, 2021
Join Jeff as he welcomes special guest Kevin Korhorn, CFP®, ChFC, AIF®, owner of Korhorn Financial Group, Inc., to explain the some of the recent changes related to the tax code. How could these changes impact your financial plan? Kevin and Jeff will share specific techniques and strategies they suggest as financial planners to their clients. Kevin argues that now more than ever working with a holistic financial planner is crucial as it relates to understanding your personal financial circumstances, developing techniques and strategies around tax planning, and help executing them alongside your tax professional.
Listeners should not assume that this podcast serves as the receipt of, or a substitute for, personalized advice from TandemGrowth or from any other investment professional. Listeners should not use this podcast as the sole basis for any investment, financial planning, tax, estate planning, legal, or other decisions. Rather, a professional adviser should be consulted and/or independent due diligence should be conducted before implementing any options addressed in the podcast. TandemGrowth is neither a law firm nor an accounting firm. Without limiting the foregoing, the tax and estate planning information provided is general in nature. It is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be construed as legal or tax advice. Recipients should consult an attorney or tax professional regarding their specific legal or tax situation.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
A Hero's Journey: Do you have what it takes to RETIRE?
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
How do I retire? When can I retire? What do I want to do in retirement? Could lower expected returns or a potential bear market impact my ability to retire? Could I outlive my money?
If these are questions you've recently been asking yourself, you may just be our "hero". In this month's episode, Jeff takes us on a journey of a hero, a mid- to late-career executive, using the universal elements of storytelling from Joseph Campbell and Donald Miller. Will our hero find a guide to develop a plan for his or her problem? Listen in to find out!


