Gen Y Planning

Financial Planning for Millennials

Everything You Need to Know About Tax Prep: A Comprehensive Checklist

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How to
Financially Prepare
to Take a
Sabbatical

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I Do, We Plan: Financial Strategies for Couples Tying the Knot

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Baby Steps to Financial Success: A New Parent's Money Guide

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The Gen Y Planning Guide to Company Stock: What are ISOs?

This is the first post in a series on employer stock programs. A number of our clients work for startups that offer incentive stock options (ISOs) as part of their benefits packages. If you’re working at a startup (and not a publicly traded company) and have been given a company stock package, they are most likely ISOs. But how do ISOs work? What does it mean to exercise stock? Will you … [Read more...] about The Gen Y Planning Guide to Company Stock: What are ISOs?

The Top 5 Gen Y Planning Blog Posts of the Year

Nothing inspires my writing more than what my clients and readers (like you!) ask me about. Since I started my blog, your questions, like your lives, have become more complicated. I want to highlight the most popular blog posts of the past year, because they cover some meaty topics that I know many of you are wondering about right now. Just in case you missed them the first time, here they are … [Read more...] about The Top 5 Gen Y Planning Blog Posts of the Year

Ask Gen Y Planning: How Do I Become an Amazing Advisor?

This question was submitted by a reader! Do you have a money question you’d like Gen Y Planning to answer in a future blog post? Submit it to genyplanning.com/askgyp. What is your best advice for someone like me (23 years old, almost a CFP) who is wanting to be the best advisor they can be? First of all, bravo for finishing your CFP by 23! That’s such a huge advantage to get started early. … [Read more...] about Ask Gen Y Planning: How Do I Become an Amazing Advisor?

5 Big Takeaways From My First 5 Years In Business

I can’t believe that I launched Gen Y Planning in May of 2013! I just celebrated my five-year anniversary by taking a trip to London to see Hamilton on the West End with my business bestie, Mary Beth from Workable Wealth. Our box seats included our own personal butler and the show was fantastic! Like lots of businesses, Gen Y Planning started out simply as an idea. I bet many of you have ideas … [Read more...] about 5 Big Takeaways From My First 5 Years In Business

Ask Gen Y Planning: How to Financially Support Family?

This question was submitted by a reader! Do you have a money question you’d like Gen Y Planning to answer in a future blog post? Submit it to genyplanning.com/askgyp. What should the financial planning look like when you have a parent who has no retirement saved up and won’t be working much longer due to health issues? My mother-in-law rents in a bad part of town, works at temp jobs, is turning … [Read more...] about Ask Gen Y Planning: How to Financially Support Family?

Ask Gen Y Planning: How to Manage Small Business Finances?

This question was submitted by a reader! Do you have a money question you’d like Gen Y Planning to answer in a future blog post? Submit it to genyplanning.com/askgyp. I’m starting a business in 2018 and one of the major things I need to learn about as an entrepreneur is managing my business’ finances and understanding tax requirements for small businesses. Is this something you could talk … [Read more...] about Ask Gen Y Planning: How to Manage Small Business Finances?