Steven Fox, CFP®, EA Next Gen Financial Planning

 Hi! I’m Steven Fox, and I started Next Gen Financial Planning to provide young professionals with a better way to get financial advice tailored to their needs. Most financial advisors focus on serving either retirees or the ultra-wealthy, and aren’t familiar with the issues that younger clients need help with.

I will partner with you to define your own version of your ideal life, and help you use money as a tool to get you there. Together, we’ll create a plan that will help you answer the financial questions you’ve been wondering about such as:

– What do I want my future to look like, and what role do my financial decisions play as I design my ideal life?

– I just had a baby, should I start saving for their college education? What’s the best way to do it?

– What’s the best way to balance paying down my debt while trying to save for the future?

– Should I refinance or consolidate my student loans? How do special student loan programs like PSLF, PAYE, and ICR work?

– I’m thinking about a major life change like getting married or starting a business. How does that affect my finances?

– It’s open enrollment time at my company and the options are overwhelming. How do I know which selections to make to maximize my employee benefits?

– I want to save for retirement, but how do I know how much I need to contribute or which funds to invest in?

– I haven’t looked at my life, auto, or home insurance policies since buying them several years ago. Do I have the right coverage for me, and am I paying too much?

– Do I need a will, trust, or other estate planning documents?

– I just received a big bonus at work! Should I invest it, pay down my mortgage, or finally take that Caribbean diving trip I’ve been itching for?

Once you realize that every decision is a financial decision, it changes the way that you approach planning for your future. I can help you orient your financial picture to align with your goals and values, and provide insight on how all of the puzzle pieces fit together.

As a young United States Marine, I was taught to live my life in accordance with the core values of honor, courage, and commitment. These lessons have carried over into my current life as a financial planner, and contributed to the development of the principles that I follow when serving clients. Here are a few of the most important ones:

– Everyone can benefit from working with a well-trained and competent financial advisor, not just those who are already wealthy.

– Real financial planning starts with your personal values and life goals. You deserve to be treated like the living, breathing, thinking, and feeling individual that you are, not as a spreadsheet with a series of financial formulas for your advisor to solve.

– Providing financial planning services on a fee-only basis (meaning that no commissions are collected for any financial products recommended) removes conflicts of interest and results in more objective advice.

– Every client deserves qualified, proficient advice and guidance. I have a duty to learn as much as I can about every area of financial planning in order to give the best possible advice. If I don’t know the answer to a question, I’ll find it. When subject matter experts are required to solve a unique problem, I’ll refer out to them.

– If I do everything in my power to provide clients with excellent service, then they’ll stick around for a long time and we both win.

Personal finance doesn’t have to feel stressful or overwhelming. It’s time to make a plan, build confidence in your financial future, and create your own version of your ideal life.

If you’d like to learn more about how I can help, please go ahead and schedule a free introductory meeting (online or at my office in San Diego) so we can get started!