-: All right so my name is David Jones.
I'm a wealth advisor with Edward Jones Investments.
Helping coach people through
a very important piece of their life.
Usually when their finances are
not there, not healthy,
or there's no plan in place,
their life is not stable.
There's a lot of things goin' on.
So that involves
sitting down with families,
sitting down with business owners,
helping them put together a plan
and helping them execute that plan
for the long term, so.
The main thing that I'm tryin'
to accomplish, that first time I sit down
with someone, is okay,
for one, do we connect?
Do you like me?
Do you like what I gotta say?
Do you like me?
'Cause to be honest, it is a relationship.
So that's the first steps,
getting to know them.
What are they passionate about?
And as I'm getting to know them,
my mind is saying,
"Okay, is this someone that I can
"bring my services to,
"that can benefit them,
"for a long term?"
I think a big part of what I do
is try to help put you on a plan.
To make sure
the success probability is high.
Things can happen in the future.
So I always try to make sure retirement
is set up,
but along the way we're planning
for education.
We're planning to buy a new house.
My clients are gonna call me,
"Hey I wanna buy a car, what should I do?"
Getting them to,
if they do have debt, or they do have credit cards,
making sure that's taken care of.
Are they investing into their 529 plans?
Are they taking advantage
of certain tax laws?
HSA accounts, are they saving
pre-tax money efficiently on a saving?
Or at least getting their company match
in a 41K.
A lot of people aren't doing that.
That's money left on the table.
So, I mean, it's a lot
that goes into it.
A lot of,
and just because you make a lot of money,
doesn't mean you have money.
There's people that make 30 grand a month,
and spend 31.
So helping them change the behavioral
aspects of wealth creation
is the biggest piece that people
don't fully understand.
If I can change your behaviors
and how you feel about money,
and your paycheck and what you should
be doing with it,
I think I'm sitting down with
you up, but your kid's help as well.