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Phil Simonides

Washington, D.C.
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Phil Simonides’s Biography

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Phil Simonides, CFP®, is the Senior Vice President at McAdam and a member of the Executive Team based at the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Phil oversees the Washington, D.C. metro, Central New Jersey, Chicago and Boston offices, is the head of Sales and Marketing and also spearheads the Leadership Development Program at the firm.

Simonides serves as a spokesman for the firm, having appeared in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg Radio, InvestmentNews and Financial A…

Phil Simonides’s Journalist Portfolio

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Voices: The Misperceptions That Cause People to Avoid Financial Advisers

Voices: The Misperceptions That Cause People to Avoid Financial Advisers

Both advisers and families will benefit if people have a clearer understanding of services and costs, this fi…

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How to Create a Retirement Investing Strategy

How to Create a Retirement Investing Strategy

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MoneyGuidePro, eMoney bring data entry directly to clients

MoneyGuidePro, eMoney bring data entry directly to clients

MoneyGuidePro and eMoney, two giants in the financial planning software market, are changing the way advisers…

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People Are Afraid Of Financial Advisors, Study Says

People Are Afraid Of Financial Advisors, Study Says

A majority of people are scared of financial advisors, according to a survey by McAdam, a financial planning …

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5 myths about annuities to know before you buy

5 myths about annuities to know before you buy

Annuities, despite promising guaranteed income during retirement, are widely misunderstood. Indeed, over the …

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Millennials Essential

Millennials Essential

Practices have several ways to successfully recruit Millennial talent

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Articles

Stop Waiting for the Perfect Moment to Invest: There Isn't One

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By Phil Simonides
| Kiplinger Verified
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter The single most expensive financial mistake most investors make has nothing to do with picking the wrong stock or owning the wrong fund. It's the decision to do nothing — to wait for a better moment that never quite arrives. Call it the market timing trap. It sounds reasonable on the surface: Buy low, sell high, avoid the downturns.
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Waiting for Market Certainty Is Costing You Money: Here’s How to Make Timing Irrelevant

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By Phil Simonides
| Yahoo Finance Verified
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images The single most expensive financial mistake most investors make has nothing to do with picking the wrong stock or owning the wrong fund. It's the decision to do nothing — to wait for a better moment that never quite arrives. Call it the market timing trap. It sounds reasonable on the surface: Buy low, sell high, avoid the downturns.
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I'm a Financial Planner: My College House-Painting Job Taught Me the Best Way to Compare Professional Fees — and It Works for Financial Advice, Too

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By Phil Simonides
| Inkl
When I was in college, I ran a house-painting franchise. Every spring, homeowners would collect bids and try to decide who to hire. This is when I discovered that a price is comparable only after you define the job. One painting crew might scrape, sand, prime, caulk, protect landscaping and do two coats, with a written warranty. Another might spray on a quick coat and disappear.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I created a feature for my high school newspaper called "Man on The Street." I polled people on interesting topics and shared their thoughts

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I did have a typewrite in elementary school and it was one of those self correcting types, which seemed pretty cool in the 70s!

How is social media changing news?

Social media provides so much more opinion based information and not always steeped in experience...I prefer to read experienced opinions.