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Straight Path Wealth Management & Our Financial Advisors in The Spotlight
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October 1, 2024
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February 1, 2024
By Matt Boersen’s own admission, his father wasn’t the typical person one might expect to hire a financial planner. Yet growing up, Boersen saw the positive impact that financial planning had on his father, who worked as a tool and die maker in the manufacturing industry, and his family.
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January 9, 2024
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August 11, 2022
The Board of Directors of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) announced today that it has elected Matthew Boersen, CFP® as its 2023 Board chair-elect.
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August 11, 2022
The board of directors of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has elected Matthew Boersen as its 2023 board chair-elect. Boersen is the managing partner at Straight Path Wealth Management, a registered investment advisory firm based just outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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2020
Matthew Boersen was selected as one of the top 40 advisors under 40 from across the country.
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January 5, 2020
Matt Boersen considers his new role as a director at the Washington, D.C.-based Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. as coming at a pivotal time for the industry.
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February 22, 2019
A key part of creating a successful execution plan is to determine what steps can be delegated appropriately and then set clear timetables for completion of those steps. - Matthew Boersen, Straight Path Wealth Management.
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December 2, 2019
Matthew B. Boersen, CFP®, CFA®: Boersen is a managing partner at Straight Path Wealth Management in Jenison, Michigan. For several years, Boersen has served on several nonprofit boards including a private school and a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that provides health care in Sudan and Kenya.
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November 26, 2018
"Advisors can get so engrossed in their specialty that they have no idea where the client is coming from," said Matthew Boersen, a certified financial planner in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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November 1, 2018
But many estate-planning experts say unequal inheritances can tear the family apart after your death. “Any differences among siblings tend to create animosity,” says Matthew Boersen, a certified financial planner in Jenison, Mich.
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June 14, 2017
A low-rate world has pushed many investors to reach for more yield by holding low-quality, high-yield bonds, said Matthew Boersen, a CFP with Straight Path Wealth Management in Jenison, Michigan.
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September 22, 2017
Review bank and credit card statements for the past six months to learn what bills regularly come in and must be paid, says Matthew Boersen, a certified financial planner with Straight Path Wealth Management in Jenison, Mich.
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July 23, 2014
When the couple first came to adviser Matt Boersen, the arrangement seemed fine to him. Mr. Boersen is a partner with Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Straight Path Wealth Management, which manages $16.9 million for 135 clients.