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Planning for your future requires a long-term approach. Our seminars and workshops help clients see the bigger picture.
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Tuning Your Social Security Benefit
When should you take your Social Security benefit?
Budget Check Up: Tax Time Is the Right Time
Tax preparation may be the perfect time to give the household budget a check-up.
Keeping Good Records is Good Business
Maintaining good records for your business not only helps to meet your tax and legal obligations, but it can save you money.
Your Changing Definition of Risk in Retirement
A change in your mindset during retirement may drive changes to your portfolio.
How to Make the Tax Code Work for You
When you take the time to learn more about how it works, you may be able to put the tax code to work for you.
You Would Rather Be...
Are you a thrill seeker, or content to relax in the backyard? Use this flowchart to find out more about your risk tolerance.
Please Leave Home Without It
Concerns over identity theft continue to grow, especially with data breaches at major companies and financial institutions.
Certain Uncertainties in Retirement
The uncertainties we face in retirement can erode our sense of confidence.
Mastering Mobile Lingo
Can you keep up with your children’s mobile slang?
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What Is My Current Cash Flow?
Assess whether you are running “in the black” or “in the red” each month.
Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
Should I Buy or Lease an Auto?
This calculator compares the financial impact of leasing versus buying an automobile.
How Compound Interest Works
Use this calculator to better see the potential impact of compound interest on an asset.
Estimate Your RMD
Help determine the required minimum distribution from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan.
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5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
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Surprise! You’ve Got Money!
Here’s a quick guide to checking to see if you have unclaimed money.
Events on Wall Street
Can successful investors predict changes in the markets? Some can but others miss the market’s signals.
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
All about how missing the best market days (or the worst!) might affect your portfolio.
Bridging the Confidence Gap
In the world of finance, the effects of the "confidence gap" can be especially apparent.
RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?
Emerging Market Opportunities
What are your options for investing in emerging markets?