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Home›Financial Advisor Guide›How a Financial Advisor Can Help You Define Your Financial Goals

How a Financial Advisor Can Help You Define Your Financial Goals

By William Hayslett
January 14, 2021
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Financial-Goals

Financial advisors can form an important part of your financial journey. These professionals not only offer standard guidelines on savings and investments but also lend you a helping hand to ensure that you achieve your financial goals with minimal problems on the way. While financial planning can seem like a structured thing to do, everyone starts with setting a goal, followed by saving and investing in the instruments that make it possible to achieve it. However, there can be many hurdles in the process in the face of a job loss, economic instability, and a fluctuating market that can cause financial anxiety. A financial advisor can help you overcome all of this by helping you define your financial goals and find suitable ways to reach your target.

Here’s how a financial advisor can help you define your financial goals:

1. They help you diversify your portfolio

One of the simplest ways to achieve success in investment is with diversification. Diversification allows you to override market volatility and achieve a favorable outcome in the worst of times. By not sticking to one asset class and industry, you distribute your risk across sectors. So, if one industry were to suffer a market lull, your money stays safe in another sector that may not react to the fluctuations of the market in the same manner. A financial advisor can help you find the right balance of funds in your portfolio. They can advise you of suitable opportunities that can bring in significant rewards and eliminate excessive risk to match your appetite. They help you understand how much diversification is necessary for your profile, avoiding over or under diversification that may negate the purpose of diversifying entirely.

2. They help you manage your debt

For the average American, it may be impossible to go through life without any debt at all. Whether it is a student loan or a mortgage on a home, everyone relies on debt to fulfill their financial goals at some point in their lives. However, it is the management of this debt rather than the debt itself that poses a threat to your financial wellbeing. Taking on debt requires careful planning that extends to the future years of your life. It can take years to repay a loan. Therefore, you need to be certain if you can take on such a significant responsibility. Further, excessive debt can negatively impact your credit score, making it harder to get more loans and sometimes even find a job. A financial advisor can carve out a suitable strategy in this regard. They can help you understand the implications of debt interest on your future goals. They can also help you identify other ways of attaining your goals, such as with systematic investments in short-term funds that can bring in high rewards and at the same time, keep you away from unnecessary debt.

3. They can help you save for retirement

A primary goal of financial planning is to save for your golden years. All of your investments and savings are first and foremost pointed towards ensuring a safe retirement and then contribute to your present needs. However, planning for a time way ahead in the future requires careful assessment and evaluation. Factors, such as changing lifestyles, incomes, the standard of living, medical conditions, inflation, etc. need to be reviewed time and again to secure the desired corpus. This brings the need to select an appropriate savings instrument. The applicability to your needs of a 401(k) account, an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), a Roth IRA, a Roth 401(k) account, annuity plans, life insurance policies, etc. can be identified with the help of a financial advisor. While you can certainly read financial journals to ascertain the difference between each of these options, you may require a professional to truly understand how each choice that you make affects you in the present as well as the future.

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4. They help you save tax

Income tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, capital gains tax, etc. are some taxes that you will likely encounter in financial planning. Finding strategies to mitigate these taxes can considerably contribute to your savings corpus. A financial advisor can guide you in this regard. They can suggest tax-advantaged savings instruments and develop efficient estate planning and investment strategies that can help you lower your tax liability. This ensures that your hard-earned money is secure and readily available for you to use instead of being wasted away in taxes.

5. They help you remain proactive

An important part of being financially secure is to be financially aware. An economic or political event can affect the market and your personal financial situation in unexpected ways. Changing laws, contribution limits, tax rules, etc. can set things in motion that ultimately come in the way of your financial goals. However, being proactive can be an efficient way to evade this uncertainty. A financial advisor times the market and studies the impact of any economic event on the market. With this knowledge, they can warn you against loss-making instruments and encourage you to make the most of an opportunity at a given time. They can offer guidance on how to be prepared for a financial emergency without hampering your present and future goals. They also help you overcome smaller obstacles like creating a budget and sticking to it, reducing your dependency on credit cards, saving regularly, and leading a financially disciplined life in general.

To sum it up

When it comes to financial planning, every investor can have a unique strategy and goal. A financial advisor’s job is to identify these demands and help their clients excel in life by ensuring that they reach the targets they aim for. As a financial advisor can play a crucial role in your financial planning journey, it is essential to hire an individual that offers you value for your time and money. Remember to pick a financial advisor that you can easily communicate with to ensure a smooth, professional association.

If you need assistance in financial planning, you can reach out to a financial advisor in your area.

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William Hayslett

William Hayslett

William is currently a member of the Paladin Registry Publishing Team. He comes from a diverse background of financial services and consumer relations Industry. William holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Economics that he received from Allegheny College, with specialized coursework in finance and marketing. He has also earned state licensing for fixed annuities and life insurance, and has worked with advisors in the past on mutual fund and variable annuity marketing.

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