The Crystal Clear Finances Podcast

Join us for today's podcast as Crystal discusses the question of whether clients need to diversify between different brokerage firms like Charles Schwab, Vanguard, or Fidelity as part of their investment strategy. She explains that brokerage firms are responsible for executing trades, holding assets, providing account statements, and handling tax reporting, but they are not r...

Join us for today's podcast as Crystal discusses the Trump account, a new investment vehicle for children, and explains how it allows contributions of up to $5,000 per year without requiring earned income from the child. She details how the account grows tax-deferred until the child turns 18, at which point it converts to a traditional IRA. Crystal emphasizes the potential to...

Join us for today's podcast as Crystal discusses the importance of discovering who you are, living intentionally, and building a legacy. She will share examples of Frank Sinatra, Babe Ruth, and Picasso to illustrate the high failure rates behind their successes and emphasize the need for resilience, not just persistence. She explains that resilience involves learning from set...

Join us for today's podcast as Crystal discusses various types of risk in investing, focusing on market risk and how market cycles and indexes like the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average can impact perceptions and decisions. She will explain how these indexes are weighted and can skew market reports, leading to misunderstandings and fear-driven reactions. She will a...

Join us for today's podcast as Crystal discusses the five key categories for managing money: Live (lifestyle expenses), Give (charitable contributions), Grow (saving and investing), Owe (taxes), and Owe (debt). She explained how money should be viewed as a tool for fulfilling God-given purposes rather than a source of stress, using the analogy of operating heavy machinery wit...