Carpe Diem Financial Life Planning
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Mission
Sit beside a diversely experienced Certified Financial Planner who gives holistic financial advice as a fiduciary pledged to advise with your best interests first. As the top Santa Cruz Mountains financial planning firm, I work strictly on an hourly or retainer fee basis to incentivize objective and holistic advice. By refusing any commisions or compensation related to your investments, you can be assured that I am as focused on your life goals, business, tax, and estate planning as I am on how to most wisely invest your money. As a concierge financial advisor, we work together to create a comprehensive financial strategy tailored to your needs and highest aspirations. No more wait times or getting shuffled around by a corporate firm. At Carpe Diem Financial, you are my number one priority.
I serve people in Santa Cruz County and the Santa Cruz Mountains, including Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Scotts Valley, Felton, Santa Cruz, and more. Let me help you seize the day with sound financial architecture.
For wisdom with compassion,
Robert C. Arne, MA, EA, CFP, MS in Advanced Financial Planning
CFP #208897
Enrolled Agent #00102250
Services
Financial Accounting
Finding your values with in-depth financial accounting, coaching, and, yes, therapy.
Wisely Diversified Investing
Staying the course of wisdom with superior market strategies and honoring your principles.
Solid Financial Architecture
Calculating optimal returns for your future based on a sound financial foundation.
Financial Planning Articles
Generation X: Financial Success by Osmosis
Born 1965 to 1980, Gen X’ers today are roughly age 45 to 60. Their share of American wealth rose to 26% in 2023. Surviving 2008, they…
Planning for the Price of Power
Hayek’s “Use of Knowledge in Society” illustrates the profound challenges that well-meaning but arrogant market planners have faced from…
The AI Tsunami for Workers and Investors
Oxford’s 2013 study estimated that “47% of U.S. occupations were at high risk of automation.” Techno-Marxists fret that AI will wipe out jobs of all but…
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