Trustee Education: Why Families Need to Learn the Job Before They Inherit It
By Vaughn L. Woods, CFP®, MBA Founder and Owner, Vaughn Woods Financial Group, Inc. Most people agree to serve as successor trustee because they want
The Word I Underlined in 2007 — and Why It Now Runs the Machines
By Vaughn L. Woods, CFP®, MBA Founder & Senior Portfolio Manager, Vaughn Woods Financial Group, Inc. Where the research began. Geisel Library, UC San Diego,
What Children Know About War That America’s AI Is Still Learning
By Vaughn Woods, CFP®, MBA, Senior Portfolio Manager, Vaughn Woods Financial Group, Inc. Artificial intelligence is one of the most powerful tools the United States
Fifty Years of Financial Fads: What the Industry Never Told You
By Vaughn L. Woods, CFP®, MBA | Founder & Senior Portfolio Manager, Vaughn Woods Financial Group, Inc “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but
Hope Is an Economic Variable
Oil Prices, Birth Rates, and the Quiet Variable Nobody’s Pricing In By Vaughn Woods, CFP®, MBA Vaughn Woods Financial | April 10, 2026 The
Juan Vargas and Scott Peters: On the Crest of Conflict
By Vaughn Woods, CFP® Executive Summary As of ( date published) the United States enters a critical phase of “Operation Epic Fury.” What began as
The Nixonian Revival: Backchannel Diplomacy in the Age of Operation Epic Fury
Nixon Would Have Loved Steve Witkoff
President Nixon believed real diplomacy happened before the cameras arrived. Nearly fifty years later, a real estate mogul from New York is proving him right — in the most consequential negotiation of our lifetimes.
A five-day ceasefire is holding — barely — over what remains of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. The world is watching televised press briefings, waiting for a statement from a podium. But the deal, if there is one, will not be born at a podium.
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The Smartest Thing High-Net-Worth Families Do Differently
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY High-net-worth families consistently outperform their peers in retirement preparedness — not because they earn more, but because they make one critical decision: they
March 2026-The Vatican Bridge: Negotiating the End of the Cuban Crisis
By Vaughn Woods, CFP®, MBA “We and you ought not now to pull on the ends of the rope in which you have tied the
March 2026 – The Invisible X-Ray: Why the Vicksburg Strategy is the Investor’s “Key”
The Invisible X-Ray: Why the Vicksburg Strategy is the Investor’s “Key” By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA In the spring of 1863, President Abraham Lincoln
March 2026 – What America’s Iran Strategy Means for Your Wealth
What America’s Iran Strategy Means for Your Wealth By Vaughn Woods Financial Group, Inc. March 4, 2026 | A Special Client Update The Only
February 2026 – Concrete and Cover-Ups
Concrete and Cover-Ups Inside the Race to Bury Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA The headlines paint a picture of imminent war in