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Bridge Notes
Most financial content tells you what happened last month. Bridge Notes is about what's worth thinking about over the next few years.
Once a month, I write something substantive; the kind of piece that's worth setting aside 10 minutes for. Not market commentary, not planning checklists, not borrowed wisdom repackaged as insight. What I write here comes from questions I'm actually wrestling with on behalf of clients and myself: What is the right sequence for your financial decisions in this season? What risks are you carrying that you haven't named yet? What is changing in the world, and what does it mean for how you build, protect, and use what you've worked for?
I'm a financial advisor. I'm also someone who believes that most financial conversations start too late, go too shallow, and skip the questions that matter most. Bridge Notes is my attempt to correct that; one piece at a time, once a month.
If something here is worth your time, I'd rather you read it slowly than share it quickly.
— Michael Hixson
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