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You want to find a pathway to your future

You’re on a financial journey. You decide the destination, and we help you get there. Together, let’s determine the best way to take the next step.

You want to find a pathway to your future

You’re on a financial journey. You decide the destination, and we help you get there. Together, let’s determine the best way to take the next step.

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Challenging 2022

As you are all aware, last year was a challenging time to be an investor. Bonds had their worst year in recorded history with a -13% return. More speculative assets such as high-growth stocks, crypto assets — and almost any asset that spiked dramatically during the...

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Introducing Chantel Koerwitz

Hello, there. I’m thrilled to have joined this group of experienced people as the newest member of the operations team. Here’s a little about me. Born and raised in western Nebraska, I have a love for wide-open spaces, especially the sunrises and sunsets granted by...

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Meet Our New Advisor: Danny Clare

When I was 12 years old, I remember walking through neighborhoods, doorstep to doorstep, meeting complete strangers yet walking away feeling a sense of comfort. As my Dad was campaigning to become a Nebraska Regent, I learned from an early age that Nebraska is full...

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Working From Home

Running a business in the midst of COVID-19 has been challenging for many people across the country. Many businesses have suspended all of their operations for a variety of reasons. For many others, their employees are now working from home in an effort to slow the...

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An Outsider’s Perspective

After 10 years of having the privilege to focus full-time on my family, I’m back to work. Knowing I would return to work and looking forward to this season, I’ve spent time refining my professional values and establishing tenets about work-life balance.  I have...

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What Matters Most

It was Friday, November 1st, and baby Stous was giving us signs that his or her (we didn’t know the gender yet) birthday was coming soon, which made sense considering the November 2nd due date. My wife, Kate, was feeling some very real contractions which weren’t...

Parents taking care of newborn baby.
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Meet Our Intern: Dane Bowen

We would like to introduce our newest intern, Dane Bowen. Dane is family friends with Michael Johnson’s family. After discussing an internship for a couple of years, having Dane work at Flagstone finally made sense, and he began working here mid-August. If you’re a...

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Lessons From Austin

Good barbecue is worth the wait. That’s something I had to argue about with numerous people when I was in Austin last week, which was kind of a surprise to me, considering it is one of the best places in the world to buy meat cooked low and slow. My wife was...

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Meet Our Intern: Ethan Cox

We would like to introduce our newest intern, Ethan Cox. While Ethan was searching for financial planning firms in Lincoln, he came upon Flagstone Financial Management and decided this looked like a place he would like to work – a small independent firm where he...