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Kelly Famiglietta: Our Depth of Specialties

Jan 30, 2020

What makes Charles Stephen different? Whatever your financial need is, we can help. Charles Stephen offers a depth of multiple expertise, from estate planning to…

Millennials and Investing: There’s More to It Than the Stock Market

Jan 02, 2020

Investing money solely for the purpose of retirement is an old way of thinking. With the drastic way retirement as a whole is changing, investments…

Personal Investing

Dec 26, 2019

Do advisors invest differently than they tell their clients to? Adam Ciepiela says no. While he’s more comfortable with risk because he’s exposed to the…

Adam Talks About the Importance of Client Relationships

Nov 20, 2019

At Charles Stephen, we are honored to have the opportunity to serve our clients, most of whom we’ve had for many, many years. Adam Ciepiela,…

Kelly Famiglietta is a 2019 NAPA Top Woman Advisor

Nov 19, 2019

We are very proud to announce that Kelly has been honored as a 2019 NAPA Top Women Advisor! One of nearly 500 nominees, Kelly was asked…

Steering Clear of Financial Catastrophe

Nov 15, 2019

For most people, money equals stress. Debt, retirement, savings, emergency funds and living expenses are all things that most Americans worry about and feel unprepared…

Financial Planning 101

Oct 24, 2019

We all encounter financial questions as we go through life, and when that happens, it’s often best to pick up a phone and call an…

What’s going on in the economy, anyway?

Oct 02, 2019

Fears of an upcoming recession in the US have popped up seemingly everywhere lately, with pundits announcing impending doom with uncanny certainty. The talking heads…

The Investment Risk No One’s Ever Heard Of

Aug 21, 2019

Knowledgeable investors are aware that investing in the capital markets presents any number of risks—interest-rate risk, company risk, and market risk. Risk is an inseparable…