Take the Long View

Where do investment experts come from? Do they hatch from Ivy League MBA programs? Or is it possible to have one of the most gifted investment thinkers emerge from rural America? Jared Kizer grew up on a farm in Tennessee in a small town of 5,000 people. Growing up an avid baseball player, finance was never on his radar. A series of injuries led Jared to an interest in physical therapy, and for a time it looked like that would be how he’d spend his career. Fresh out of physical therapy school and married to a lovely dietician, Jared realized that neither he or his wife had the financial know-how to guide their businesses. Jared went to the local bookstore in search of resources. There, in the quiet aisles of Barnes and Noble, Jared came upon “The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You’ll Ever Need”, written by the person who would become his future colleague at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Larry Swedroe. On a whim, Jared reached out to Larry, and eventually their correspondence led to a job intervie