Marriage, Kids And Money

Adam from Tampa is skeptical about working with a financial advisor and wants to know how to invest on his own. Andy,  For most of my life, I have been told what to do with my money. I had a family member work for Morgan Stanley and he invested for us for years.  Last year, we had some issues within the family and decided to part ways. My wife and I quickly decided to go with another guy who does good but the last email was life insurance focused. The main question is I want to handle all of this on my own. I feel like I can’t teach my kids what is best without knowing. Any advice? Thanks for reaching out Adam! That is a tough situation you’re in and it sounds very familiar to me. I wanted to invest for the future, but I didn’t know much about investing.  I got hooked up with an investment broker that ended up having very high fees and I felt didn’t have our best interest at heart.  Based on that experience, I wanted to learn as much as possible about investing so I wouldn’t get burned again. That’s part of t