A Role Model for Advisors
He knew it was coming, and his readers knew it was coming, but when I learned that long-time personal finance columnist Jonathan Clements died over the last weekend in September, I still couldn’t believe it. I was hoping that a Hollywood-like, happy-ending twist would somehow provide a reprieve for someone who positively shaped the lives of countless people, but real life is rarely like a movie.
I’m writing this because while Jonathan was not a financial advisor, I believe he was an outstanding advisor role model. I’ll get to that in a minute.
I imagine that most financial advisors know who Jonathan Clements was—The Wall Street Journal’s long-time personal finance columnist, author, and creator of the website Humbledollar.com. A…
