INDEPENDENCE

Forum is built from the ground up to look and feel different from traditional Wall Street brokerage firms. Our personal approach begins with understanding the hopes and dreams you place at the center of your financial life.

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Our deep bench of highly credentialed partners averages over 25 years of experience across all aspects of managing your financial life, including investment portfolio design, retirement, estate, insurance, and income tax planning.

TRANSPARENCY

Our compensation comes from you, our client, as opposed to Wall Street advisors who receive compensation for selling specific products or funds. We break this mold by adhering to a fiduciary standard, which means we place your interests ahead of our own.

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SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS INVESTING

In this podcast, host Dave Goetsch, co-executive producer of “The Big Bang Theory” and Norm Mindel, veteran financial advisor and co-founder of Forum Financial Management, talk about some of the incredible things that happened way back when on Wall Street.

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RECENT INSIGHTS FROM FORUM

20 Things Teens Can Do to Build Good Financial Habits for Life

4/26/2018

Forum Advisor Nicole Campbell discusses 20 tips that lead to good financial habits for teens age 14 to 18. Divided into five personal finance categories, one suggestion applies to all of them: Give plenty of opportunities to learn about money, experiment with spending and appreciate saving.

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