Welcome to Stout Bowman and Associates
Putting trust and integrity first, we make financial planning understandable and comfortable every step of the way. The Financial Planning process that we provide is comprehensive and unbiased. We do not work for a particular company or financial institution; we only work for you.
Financial Planning encompasses all facets of your life and begins with a consultation with one of our financial advisors, designed to get to know you, your family, your concerns and your goals. With a team approach, we will then analyze the plan's output data to prepare recommendations that are designed to make the next steps towards reaching your goals as simple and understandable as possible. It's like putting together pieces of a puzzle; some fit very well, some pieces are missing, and some don't belong. You can even include your own attorney and CPA as part of the process.
Every recommendation is tailored specific to you, with your best interest in mind. Individuals respond differently to communication, presentation & explanation styles, and it is extremely important for us to address those styles and meet your expectations. Every investment client is first a financial planning client, it's important to go through that process before making any professional investment recommendations.
Purpose of this blog
The purpose of this blog is to present interesting and useful information to our clients and other investors to help them understand the complexities of financial planning and investing. It will consist mainly of the results of our research into market conditions, and links to articles that discuss topics related to the concerns and interests of our clients.
Stout Bowman regularly posts important and interesting information on our blog. Current topics include credit/debit/loans, estate planning, insurance, investing, Medicare, retirement, Social Security and taxes, as well as general information that we think you might find of interest. 
We have been publishing an email newsletter for our clients and friends since 2016. Links to all of the newsletters can be found on our newsletter page, with the most recent listed first. We try to keep our emails short, so there are typically only three articles in each one, most of which link to other articles in the financial and mainstream press. 
We also have a page on our site for the latest news about our company, notice of any upcoming events, and a market commentary to discuss what our advisors and other financial industry experts conclude about the previous investment performance and what we might expect the markets and the economy will do in the coming months. 
Many news organizations offer what is called a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed, a listing of the latest changes to their site's content. We have subscribed to several of these news feeds and present a list of their latest ten articles on a page on this website to save our clients the hassle of going to multiple websites just to see what is available. Currently, we subscribe to 
At Stout Bowman every investment client is first a financial planning client; it's important to go through that process before we make any professional investment recommendations. Therefore, we strive to make financial planning understandable and comfortable every step of the way. One way to do that is to provide our clients access to financial education resources. To that end, we have subscribed to educational websites to receive their news feeds and present a list of their latest ten articles on a page on this website. Currently, we subscribe to