Paresh Kamdar
Wealth Advisor, CFP®
Paresh is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Indiana University. He joined our firm after being a financial consultant with Charles Schwab for six years. Prior to that, he was a stockbroker for six years with Olde, now part of H&R Block Financial Advisors.
His interests include skiing, climbing and backpacking with his wife, Sibylle.
I came to Merriman because I believe in what the company stands for in the industry. Paul Merriman, the founder, built a firm on understanding what really matters when you work with investments. When you add to that the dedication everyone at Merriman brings to creating amazing clients experiences, I can’t imagine having a better place to work with clients to help them achieve their goals.
Book review: “Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think”
As the S&P 500 reaches new highs, it is interesting to think about the volume of bad news we have faced over the bull market of the past 4 years. We were subjected to what seemed to be an epidemic of economic challenges, from the fear that Troubled Asset Relief...
Thinking ahead to your next move
From time to time, a piece of economic news will surface that leads people to question whether it is really a good time to be invested. The announcement of round 3 of quantitative easing (QE3) was one such news item that worried some of our clients (interestingly...
It’s not what you know, it’s what you do
Behavioral finance is a fascinating field to me. It’s the study of how our emotions and judgment can affect decision making with regard to investments. In the time I have spent advising people on their investments, I have witnessed the power fear and greed can have...
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