On January 3rd 2019, Craig Bolanos was featured in Debbie Carlson’s 8 Questions to Ask During Volatile Markets article appearing in U.S. News & World Report. On slide three he advises people with formalized investment plans to ask their financial advisors to qualify why their goals are on track. He says investments should be based on when the person plans on consuming their invested money. When asked the question, “Why am I going to be OK?”, Craig is quoted saying that the answer that’s acceptable to this question, is an answer that can be routed back to the client’s financial plan.
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