Dillon Harper is a Wealth Advisor* at Family Financial Partners – a financial services firm in Lexington, Kentucky.
A bluegrass native, Dillon from Lawrenceburg, continued his education at the University of Kentucky graduating with dual degrees in Finance and Marketing in 2019. Before joining Family Financial Partners, Dillon gained a plethora of experience from interning at other financial institutions around Kentucky.
Outside of the office, Dillon enjoys going to the gym, hunting, and keeping up with his favorite sports: football, and basketball while simultaneously being dubbed a golf novice by his FFP co-workers.
Articles by Dillon
Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck. You can break the cycle.
If you’re like the majority of Americans, you might be living paycheck to paycheck. That’s according to a recent report where 61% of U.S. adults said they spend all of their income every month on bills like housing and food.
We’ve hit a perfect storm where pandemic funds have dried up, inflation has been running hot over the past year, and wages have struggled to keep pace. The result is dwindling savings and record-high credit card debt, and it can feel like you’re barely treading water.
Pay Yourself: Why taking that trip is important to your financial freedom
As young investors, everybody wants to advise us on what to do with our money. Bloggers, social media personalities, and TV talking heads claim their method will get us on the path to wealth and early retirement. We see it so much that some of us start feeling guilty, like every dime that doesn’t go toward our retirement, investment portfolio, or mortgage is a dime that’s setting us back from our goal of financial freedom.
Are you nearing retirement with a pension?
We’ve been talking a lot around here about the rise of interest rates and its effect on everything from markets to loans, but an under-discussed aspect of rate hikes is the effect on your retirement.