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Global Wealth Harbor on Featured Bloomberg: Holiday Money Conversations
As Thanksgiving kicks off the holiday season and a time for family gathering, it’s my pleasure to be invited by Bloomberg reporter to share my thoughts as a financial advisor on a timely, and occasionally awkward, topic: how to ask a family member for financial support during holiday season. Whether you’re pitching a wealthy relative on what you believe is a billion-dollar startup idea or asking for help with the down payment on your dream home, here’s my take on this: Wealth
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
7 days ago2 min read


Global Wealth Harbor Featured on Bloomberg
With the news this week that Warren Buffett will no longer be writing Berkshire Hathaway’s annual letters, it's my pleasure to be invited by Bloomberg reporter to share my favorite Buffett quote from a financial advisor’s perspective. I started reading Berkshire Hathaway’s annual letters since high school and liked different quotes at different period. Now as a financial advisor, my favorite quote is “It pays to be active, interested and open-minded, but it does not pay to be
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
Nov 161 min read


Global Wealth Harbor Featured on Financial Planning Magazine
I’m pleased to share that I was invited by Financial Planning Magazine to comment on the recently lowered Financial Advisor Confidence Outlook (FACO) and the changes we’re seeing in clients’ risk tolerance. The slight dip in the Financial Advisor Confidence Outlook (FACO) doesn’t surprise me as much as it lines up with what we’re seeing in overall market sentiment. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing. Over the past few months, a lot of economic and policy uncertainty
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
Nov 141 min read
New Tax Analysis & Planning Software Available to Financial Planning Clients
We’re always looking for better ways to help you make informed and confident financial decisions. That’s why we are currently adding a new tax analysis and planning software, Holistiplan, to bring your tax picture and financial plan together in one place. Holistiplan software will let us scan your tax return to create a clean and visual review of your tax situation, spot tax-saving opportunities, and instantly model “what-if” scenarios for different tax strategies. The softwa
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
Nov 92 min read


Expanded Services for Business Owner Clients
Recently I earned a credential as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA®). The thought of getting this credential came to me when I...
Jiayi (Kristy) Xu, MBA, CFP®
Jun 293 min read
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