Timothy Watters CFP® on CBS Evening News

Tim Watters |

Recently, I was interviewed by CBS Evening News to give my thoughts in regards to the recent Federal Reserve study, showing that the average person's net worth has gone down since 2007.

I commented that this analysis was greatly influenced by the type of assets you owned. If your assets were primarily invested in real estate, it's a fair statement to say that your net worth has probably gone down in the time period. However, for many investors, it was a better picture because their investment portfolios have come back strongly since 2009.

I suggested several strategies that could help people get back on track including:

  • Refinancing
  • Paying extra principal on your loans
  • Analyze your cash flow to see where we can find potential dollars to redirect towards savings
  • Review your asset allocation to make sure it is still appropriate.

Unfortunately, trying to be entertaining, they only used the most enticing comments instead of the valuable planning advice I had discussed with them during the 45 minutes of interview time.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57453630/recession-leaves-families-net-worth-static-or-worse/?tag=mncol;lst;1