CONGRATULATIONS, WORBY WEALTH MANAGEMENT  - CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF TRUSTWORTHY BUSINESS PRACTICES IN REGINA 

TRUSTED REGINA RECOGNIZES OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE BEEN TRUSTED FOR OVER 10 YEARS!

Worby Wealth Management 

A HISTORY OF HELPING PEOPLE ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS

Since 2001, Chris Worby has been committed to providing a high standard of financial service to individuals, families and business owners. Chris listens and provides a personalized financial plan. He is personally invested in helping his clients attain their goals. As a third-generation Regina financial advisor, Chris believes in taking a long-term perspective for investing. He currently holds the Financial Management Advisor designation and believes in kaizen – a Japanese term meaning ‘continual improvement.’ 

Jeremiah Worby joined the team in 2021. Through being involved in the stock markets in a non-professional setting since 2007 through personal investing; and with various positions and roles in the service industry, Jeremiah brings exceptional customer service and a willingness to share his knowledge of the investing world. Focusing on clients’ needs is his main goal in helping clients achieve their investment objectives. Born and raised in Regina, Jeremiah graduated from the University of Regina in the spring of 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Systems Engineering.

With more than 30 years of accounting and administration experience, Janet Quevillon is the administrator for Worby Wealth Management. Her natural attention to detail is a fit for ensuring all the paperwork gets to the right places in the proper order and that all transactions proceed as planned. Having had experience in financial planning administration and owning businesses in Regina, Janet brings a unique knowledge base to her work here. Her breadth of experience makes her an excellent resource as she can understand the broader scope of administration and business instead of simply pushing paper.

Together, the Worby Wealth Management team provides the highest standard of professional and courteous service. Based on their experience and knowledge of the financial industry, the Worby Wealth Management team has devised a process that helps establish a successful investing framework called the Portfolio Management System. This allows them to guide your dreams and turn them into financial reality properly.

 

Clients know that they can count on a solid exploration of all their financial planning concerns on the path to their financial plan.

What Their Clients Say...

"When I walked in to my first appointment with Chris I knew nothing about investments or RRSPs, and he made me feel at ease and took his time explaining everything to me. I left my appointment feeling much more knowledgeable and comfortable with my finances. I met Jeremiah shortly after and he is as equally friendly! I would recommend them to anyone needing a financial advisor! " Jaki M- Google

"My mother is not very tech savvy, but Jeremiah was extremely patient and accommodating for her. He is extremely knowledgeable and has gone far above my expectations for a financial advisor. I gladly recommend Worby Wealth Management for your investment needs."- Danielle B- Google 

A word from Chris Worby. 

"At Worby Wealth, we realize there are many people licensed to give advice but few advisors. We provide purposeful, deliberate advice to our clients and guidance on how to put that advice into action. In order to do this, we spend time with our clients getting to know who they are and what they are trying to accomplish. The plans we develop are the result of significant time and intelligence brought to bear both in discovery and then in recommendations. And, of course, there is no plan without a benchmark. We will meet regularly and consistently whether the markets are up or down to determine if our strategies are working. Ultimately, anything as important as your financial future needs time – and we’ll take that time here." - Chris Worby, Founder of Worby Wealth Management.

 

A word from Sara, the Trusted Regina founder, about her experience with Chris & Jeremiah at Worby Wealth Management. 

" From the first moment I met Chris Worby in 2011 I liked him! Chris exudes authentic charm, and he makes you feel at ease. I immediately knew I could trust him and that he was invested in building solid relationships with his clients. Trust is crucial in the financial services industry, and the news is littered with horror stories about dishonest advisors stealing clients' money! Even though that is rare, you have to be comfortable with the person helping you with your finances as you share your financial history and future dreams. Chris and Jeremiah excel at breaking down the acronyms and high-level stuff into bite-size easy-to-digest pieces. They want their clients to understand what they are doing for them. Their offices' are relaxed, comfortable and personalized; you can see who they are as people, which is the opposite of the ' stiff, formal three-piece suit wearing' financial advisors that spring to mind when we think of an industry stereotype. As a team, they have done an excellent job of educating Regina people on the financial industry. There are many expert tips written by them in the Trusted Regina Tip library here, and that investment has served them well as their client base has grown over the last decade as people find them online and like what they see and read! They are incredible partners, and I wish them all the best for the next ten years! "    - Sara Wheelwright 

Chris & Jeremiah, Thank you for TRUSTING the Trusted Regina team. You have provided over ten years of AMAZING service to the people of Regina & area as  Trusted Regina  Financial Advisors -. We are proud to support you and to share that they have diligently upheld the 5 TRUSTED GUARANTEES of service. It is clear that the Worby Wealth Management team provides the highest level of professional and courteous service in the Regina Financial Services Industry! 

Finding the shortest and safest route to any of your dreams requires planning and only with a carefully thought out financial plan can you be sure to make the most of your resources and to protect against risks along the way.  At Worby Wealth Management, Chris will do his best to help you achieve those dreams with a plan that is tailored to your specific needs and based on your individual situation.

Expert Financial Advice Regarding Household Finances.

The truth is that financial management is boring. I mean, it sounds interesting when you watch movies and they’re yelling, “Buy, Buy! Sell, sell!” But this behaviour does not make you rich – in fact, it can have the opposite effect.

Smart people understand one thing – tactics do not win the battle, logistics do. And one of my best pieces of advice is the 25% rule.

It essentially breaks down like this: If you want to attain financial security contribute 25% of your net monthly income towards your net worth. It is very important that financial security has very little to do with being ‘rich’ but everything to do with having the resources available to have options throughout your life.

Net worth is composed of two things: Assets and Liabilities. I think of liabilities as the hole requiring filling and think of the assets, as the mountain you build with your resources.

A few notes about each. Paying down credit cards does not fit into the asset/liability described above. Credit cards are consumption. If you have already made errors and are carrying balances, then you need a plan to pay them down and it can be worked into a liability repayment plan. However, further credit card debt becomes consumption rather than a liability.

Big expenses – trips, renovations, etc. should be paid for with funds that have been saved in advance; they should not be financed. The reasons are many. First, once you start down the ‘financing fun’ road, it can be hard to maintain discipline. Second, a trip paid for and fully funded is less stressful. Third, something you pay for as you go tends to be better planned out and fits your budget – and studies show that planning your spending is almost as fun as the actual spending.

Building assets is then the ‘exciting’ part, right? “Buy, buy, sell, sell” and all that. Actually, it is very hard to get rich quickly and fairly easy to get rich slowly. Using pension plans and RRSP, TFSAs and RESPs to accomplish your family’s plans can be done well over time but the ‘get rich quick' schemes rarely work out.

Find a strategy you are comfortable with and run it as a discipline. If you are going to buy and hold, never deviate. If you are going to move with certain market cycles like a momentum system, or act as a value manager, do this and never change it. Make sure you do your homework upfront to get a working system and then never change. Mistakes in investing come from emotion.

But none of that happens without a strategy – and the spending strategy that works best is using 25% of your net, monthly income to build your net worth. Not only do you have funds available to build assets and pay down liabilities but you also create a buffer in case something bad happens. You aren’t living at capacity with your finances, you have options.

And that is financial security.

Some of the services that Worby Wealth Management can help you with: 

• Insurance Advice
• Investments
• Wealth Management Services
• Pay Less Tax With Tax Planning 
• Become Mortgage-Free Faster With Financial Education 
• Estate Planning 
• Retirement Planning 

TRUSTED REGINA FINANCIAL ADVISOR Chris Worby from Worby Wealth Management helps you live your dream!

Finding the shortest and safest route to any of your dreams requires planning and only with a carefully thought out financial plan can you be sure to make the most of your resources and to protect against risks along the way. At Worby Wealth Management, Chris will do his best to help you achieve those dreams with a plan that is tailored to your specific needs and based on your individual situation.

1. Communication. 

During the 2008 liquidity crisis, I gained a few extra clients because I was actively in contact with my existing clients and other advisors were not in contact with theirs. The fact is that I, like all the others, did not know what was happening or why – a 50% drop over 2 months will have that effect on you! – but that didn’t keep me from calling and having appointments. I may not have had answers, but it was still my job to provide them access to whatever information was available.

2. Pro-activity. 

This one goes a bit hand in hand with the first one but I can’t tell you how often I’ve heard this, “he calls me at RRSP time and I go write him a cheque and don’t hear from him for a year.” Who is the client in this scenario?! One trick I use for this one is to sometimes book our next appointment at the end of this one – even if it’s going to be 6 months down the line. It keeps us all accountable to meet regularly.

3. Interest. 

I often joke that “you don’t have to be a nerd but you do have to hire one” because the reading I do and enjoy and look forward to would put the average person to sleep in about 3.7 seconds! I like people, I like math, I like psychology, I like markets – I like what I do. I don’t do it because I have to; I do it because I want to. If you are working with someone who has to do something, you know it and you also know mediocrity is the usual companion.

4. Relationship. 

Personally, I don’t get a lot of utility out of a transactional relationship. I like to get to know my clients and I like them to know me. I am a little quirky (aren’t we all) and I like other people’s quirks. I enjoy the eccentricities that make people unique and if we are dealing with transactions – “My guy calls me at RRSP time and I don’t talk to him for a year” – I don’t get a lot of personal reward from that. It makes our work together more personal, I can understand people’s goals better and I can advise them better.

5. Competence. 

This one is difficult to assess in an hour or two of meeting someone however, I think it is fair to ask a new advisor about wins and losses. “Tell me about 3 recommendations you’re proud of and 3 that you aren’t.” There is no possible way that everyone bats 1000 when it comes to recommendations based on the stock market but if someone isn’t willing to discuss it with you, that’s a red flag. This also leads to a talk about investment discipline – and that’s where competence truly lies.

I don’t think it’s out of line to treat a new advisor kind of like they are interviewing for a job. I often think of myself as a household’s Chief Financial Officer – you are the CEO; you’re the one making decisions and ultimately responsible. But within the realm of investments and money management services, I give recommendations for my client's consideration.

Call Chris Worby at (306) 757-4747 ext 226 or on his Cell: (306) 737-2909. Check out his listing on the Regina Directory in the REGINA FINANCIAL SERVICES category. Chris Worby is a Trusted REGINA FINANCIAL ADVISOR EXPERT

Some of the services that Worby Wealth Management can help you with: 

• Insurance Advice
• Investments
• Wealth Management Services
• Pay Less Tax With Tax Planning 
• Become Mortgage-Free Faster With Financial Education 
• Estate Planning 
• Retirement Planning 

TRUSTED REGINA FINANCIAL ADVISOR Chris Worby from Worby Wealth Management helps you live your dream!

Finding the shortest and safest route to any of your dreams requires planning and only with a carefully thought out financial plan can you be sure to make the most of your resources and to protect against risks along the way. At Worby Wealth Management, Chris will do his best to help you achieve those dreams with a financial plan that is tailored to your specific needs and based on your individual situation.

Let TRUSTED REGINA's FINANCIAL ADVISOR Chris Worby from Worby Wealth Management help you live your dream!

Here Chris Shares A Tip About Too Much Stuff:

Too Much Stuff? What to keep…

If you’re like me, you find yourself with stuff – lots of stuff – all over the place. In a lifetime, we accumulate and accumulate and it’s hard to know what to throw out.

By no means exhaustive, this article has some good ways to catalogue stuff and may give you some ideas on how to keep your stuff sorted.

The following is an entertaining article:

George Carlin and the new retirement minimalism

It is finally spring. Among the rituals of spring is spring cleaning. 

Comedian and colorful social observer George Carlin described a house as "just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.” Spring-cleaning is an opportunity to sort that stuff — making the option of downsizing possible, ageing-in-place easier, or simply helping family members make sense out of all that “stuff” you have accumulated for decades. 

Over an adult lifetime, you collect your stuff, family stuff and legal stuff. Here are some ideas on what to do with it. 

Your stuff is everything under your roof. However, as you approach retirement, or may already be in retirement, that stuff makes life and future housing choices more difficult. The more you have, the more there is to maintain, clean and organize. A house full of furniture that was once the home of a family of five, but now only has two, makes the decision to downsize difficult. Moreover, should something happen to one member of a couple, a home's contents can be a near-insurmountable burden to manage and ultimately sort out. A new ritual of retirement may be the adoption of new retirement minimalism — eliminating items that are in the house because ... well because they have always been there. Even if you don't want to downsize to another home, consider what you can downsize while staying in the home you are in. 

Family stuff used to include furniture, glassware, tableware and a long list of family artifacts such as great grandfather Joe's steamer trunk. Lifestyles have changed and keeping and handing down family “things” has become less important. Just consider the fact that the children of the baby boomers — the millennials — aren't following the same life course timetable or preferences of previous generations. They are marrying later in life. Choosing to have fewer or no children. Moreover, the homes they are choosing, many in urban areas, are smaller. Consequently, mom's dining room set doesn't have a place to go and, even if your children have a need for a crib, chances are the one in your attic it is out of style or painted with something that has been, or will be determined to be hazardous. 

Family stuff today is about memories that can neither be bought nor replaced. Photos across the generations that are annotated identify who is in the photo and their relationship to children and grandchildren. Family videos that have been copied to the most current medium — no your VHS player isn't worth keeping. Even your own audio stories are recorded to memorialize family history. All of these items can be safely kept in the cloud, occupy little space, accessed by everyone while preserving generations of memories. 

Legal stuff includes important documents that you and your family need access to for managing legal, financial and health matters that will become more critical as you age. The list can be long but includes legal and financial records for real estate, wills, health proxies, medical orders and desired intentions, insurance policies, inventories and the assessed value of the insured property, investment records, bank account locations, etc. These documents, along with an up-to-date list of contacts for attorneys, financial advisers, accountants, physicians should be organized, discussed with selected family and friends, and copies maintained in the home as well as with the appropriate professional, e.g., a lawyer that assisted with will writing. 

Like spring itself, life after work is an opportunity to start new. Retirement spring-cleaning through all that stuff makes considering alternative housing options possible, simplifies life in older age, and can be an invaluable gift to loved ones. 

Warning: May contain offensive language. 

Check out his listing on the Regina Directory in the REGINA FINANCIAL SERVICES category. 

• Insurance Advice
• Investments
• Wealth Management Services
• Pay Less Tax With Tax Planning 
• Become Mortgage-Free Faster With Financial Education 
• Estate Planning 
• Retirement Planning 

TRUSTED REGINA FINANCIAL ADVISOR Chris Worby from Worby Wealth Management helps you live your dream!

Finding the shortest and safest route to any of your dreams requires planning and only with a carefully thought out financial plan can you be sure to make the most of your resources and to protect against risks along the way. At Worby Wealth Management, Chris will do his best to help you achieve those dreams with a plan that is tailored to your specific needs and based on your individual situation.

Helping Clients Make Wise Financial Choices:

My Client Is Making a Terrible Financial Choice. What Do I Do?

When panic drives someone to make a self-destructive money decision, it's the financial adviser's job to protect the client from himself.

Suppose one of my clients has his heart set on using half of his retirement account to buy each of his grandchildren a new car. Or a client in a panic over falling markets wants to sell all her stocks and buy gold. What is my responsibility as their financial planner? How far should planners go to try to keep clients from making serious financial mistakes?

It’s important for planners to respect clients’ competence and ability to make their own life decisions. Client-centred planners also need to remember that the goal is to help clients get what they want, not what the planner might want or think the client should want. On the other hand, should a planner stand idly by and watch someone walk off what the planner perceives as the edge of a financial cliff?

Part of the answer to this dilemma stems from a planner’s legal obligation. Most advisers who sell financial products have no fiduciary duty and are not legally required to put their customers’ interests first. Fiduciary advisers, which include those who are fee-only, do have a legal obligation to act in their clients’ best interests.

What is the legal responsibility, then, of a fiduciary planner who believes clients are about to do themselves financial harm?

Let’s say I have a client who is about to do something that may be viewed by a court of law as “extreme” or “imprudent.” (An example would be putting all his money into one asset class like gold, cash, or penny stocks.) At the minimum, I would need to protect myself by carefully fulfilling my legal responsibilities. This would include making certain I emphasized to the client that, given the research and data available, his actions could hurt him financially. I also would want to be sure the client fully understood and took responsibility for his actions.

In terms of the broader aspect of what financial planners owe to their clients, meeting this legal obligation is not enough. In my view, fiduciary planners’ obligation to put clients’ interests first includes an ethical responsibility to do no harm. Sometimes this ethical and legal responsibility requires planners to give clients the information they may not want to hear.

As we focus on the clients’ goals and help them carry out their wishes, part of our role is to make sure they have all the information they need. This gives us a responsibility to educate ourselves so the advice we offer is as sound as we can make it. We also need to do whatever we can to help clients hear and understand that advice.

Clients who are hovering on the edge of a financial cliff are typically about to act out of strong emotions such as fear. They often can’t take in financial advice until they are able to move through that fear. It only makes things worse if financial advisers shame clients, bully them, or abandon them to their fears. The challenge for planners is to help clients reach a more rational place so they can gather additional information and make decisions that will serve them well.

With the right kind of support, clients are almost always able to get past the fear that is pushing them to make imprudent decisions. Providing such support by working with clients’ emotions and beliefs about money, perhaps with the help of a financial therapist or financial coach, is well within a financial planner’s ethical responsibility. Our role is not merely to do no harm. It is also to use all the tools we have to help clients act in their own best interests. 

Check out his listing on the Regina Directory in the REGINA FINANCIAL SERVICES category. Chris is a Trusted REGINA FINANCIAL EXPERT

Some of the services that Worby Wealth Management can help you with: 

• Insurance Advice
• Investments
• Wealth Management Services
• Pay Less Tax With Tax Planning 
• Become Mortgage-Free Faster With Financial Education 
• Estate Planning 
• Retirement Planning 

TRUSTED REGINA FINANCIAL ADVISOR Chris Worby from Worby Wealth Management helps you live your dream!