Values-Based Financial Planning

By knowing what matters to you, we can better manage your investments and develop sound financial strategies that work for you.

We help people like you build on your successes and achieve your goals by using your values as a compass. We use a confidential process that helps us learn about what money means to you, and the values you use when making day-to-day and major decisions.

We believe that before we can develop a financial plan or invest your money, we must first understand your values. We need to know what makes you tick and what helps you sleep at night. The purchasing of investments or other products is actually the implementation of a plan, which is Step Four in our Five Step process, not Step One. The first four steps usually require that we meet three or four times.

Our confidential five-step process includes:

  • Establishing Your Financial Objectives and Values: Your Road Map
  • Collecting and Analyzing Your Data
  • Developing Your Values-Based Financial Plan
  • Implementing Your Values-Based Financial Plan
  • Monitoring Your Financial Plan

Download an Adobe PDF file that details our five-step process >

Check-out articles recently written by Stephen Whipp for Island Parent and Island Grandparent magazines:

Download Steve’s December 2003 article on Grandchild Education Financing in Island Grandparent Magazine in Adobe PDF format

Download Steve’s September 2003 Island Parent Magazine article, Not Everyone Needs a Financial Plan in Adobe PDF format


Upcoming Events & Seminars

May 29, 2008

Estate Planning: Wills

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Whipp Tips & News

Clean-tech funds start to catch on

March, 2008: In honour of Earth Hour this weekend, I’m going to tell you how to invest in companies that are trying to clean up the world.

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Ethical Funds gives TD, RBC top ratings

March, 2008: Canada’s Big Five banks have woken up to the impact their financing has on climate change, according to a report released Wednesday by The Ethical Funds Company. But some are doing better than others, says the report, by the socially responsible mutual fund.

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Share Power 2008 - Amnesty International

March, 2008: SHARE POWER is a project of Amnesty International’s Business and Human Rights campaign. SHARE POWER harnesses the powerful connection between individuals and companies to advance corporate responsibility for human rights. SHARE POWER shows you what you can do to hold companies accountable for their human rights practices.

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The opinions expressed are of Stephen Whipp & may not be of Berkshire Securities Inc. This website is not meant to provide legal or account advice. You should consult your own professional advisor for advice based on your specific circumstances. Information contained here is for Canadian residents only & does not constitute an offer to sell or solicit in any foreign jurisdiction, or in any Canadian jurisdiction where Stephen Whipp is not qualified to effect sales.