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Retirement
- What Is an Annuity?
- 9 Facts About Retirement
- 9 Facts About Social Security
- Healthcare Costs in Retirement
- When Should You Take Social Security
- Traditional vs. Roth IRA
- Split Annuity Strategy
- Where Will Your Retirement Money Come From?
- Important Birthdays Over 50
- How Will Working Affect Social Security Benefits?
- Immediate vs. Deferred Annuities
- Women and Financial Strategies
- Caring for Aging Parents
- What's So Great About a Rollover?
- What Is a Roth 401(k)?
- Catch-Up Contributions
- Systematic Withdrawals in Retirement
- Retirement Income and the Traditional Portfolio
- Your Changing Definition of Risk in Retirement
- A Bucket Plan to Go with Your Bucket List
- Choosing a Retirement Plan that Fits Your Business
- Is a SEP-IRA Right for Your Business?
- Orchestrating Your Retirement Accounts
- Inflation - Back to the Future
- Money that Buys Good Health is Never Ill Spent
- Certain Uncertainties in Retirement
- Thinking of Retiring Abroad?
- Social Security Benefits: How Much Will I Receive
- Social Security: Maximizing Benefits
- Social Security: The $64,000 Question
- Social Security: Five Facts You Need to Know
- Social Security: The Elephant in the Room
- Choices for Your 401(k) at a Former Employer
- IRA Withdrawals that Escape the 10% Tax Penalty
- Is a Variable Annuity Right for Me?
- Three Key Questions to Answer Before Taking Social Security
- Eight Mistakes That Can Upend Your Retirement
- Does Your Portfolio Fit Your Retirement Lifestyle?
- What's New for Social Security?
- Social Security: Two Benefit Strategies Eliminated
- Retirement Traps to Avoid
- The Pre-Retirement Checklist
- 5 Benefits of Working in Retirement
- The SECURE Act
- Lesser Known Provisions of the SECURE Act
- How Women Can Prepare For Retirement
- Retirement Realities
- Why Medicare Should Be Part of Your Retirement Strategy
- How Retirement Spending Changes With Time
- Helpful Retirement Strategies for Women
- A Meal for All Generations
Estate
- Critical Estate Documents
- Estate Management Checklist
- And the Executor Is
- Put It in a Letter
- Will Power
- A Brief History of Estate Taxes
- Trends in Charitable Giving
- Problems with Probate
- Succeeding at Business Succession
- What is the Value of Your Business?
- Choosing a Business Structure
- Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date
- 4 Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities
- A Primer on Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
- A Living Trust Primer
- Tips for Finding Care for Your Disabled Child
- Revising Estate Strategy Assumptions
- Yours, Mine, and Ours: Estate Strategies for Second Marriages
- Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy
- Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
- When Heirs are Imperfect
- Test Your Estate Strategy Knowledge
- Why Everyone Needs an Estate Strategy
Investment
- The Business Cycle
- A Look at Diversification
- Inflation & Your Money
- Mutual Funds vs. ETFs
- Value vs. Growth Investing
- Rebalancing Your Portfolio
- TIPS for Inflation
- Types of Stock Market Analysis
- Best-Performing Asset Classes
- How the Federal Reserve Works
- A Primer on Dividends
- Asset Allocation
- A Decision Not Made Is Still a Decision
- Global vs. International: What’s The Difference?
- The Great Debate Continues: Active vs. Passive
- All Muni Bonds Are Not Created Equal
- A Taxing Story: Capital Gains and Losses
- The ABCs of Zero Coupon Bonds
- Earnings for All Seasons
- Investing with Your Heart
- The Anatomy of an Index
- The Utility of Sector Investing
- The Investment Risk No One’s Ever Heard Of
- Alternative Investments - Going Mainstream
- Don’t Be Your Own Worst Enemy
- Investment Challenges of the Affluent Investor
- Four Really Good Reasons to Invest
- How Financial Professionals Are Compensated
- What’s Your Investment IQ?
- You Would Rather Be...
- How to Invest in LGBTQ+ Friendly Companies
- Pullbacks, Corrections, and Bear Markets
- Investing for Impact
- How to Conquer the World - 5 Financial Strategies for Savvy Single Women
Insurance
- Assess Life Insurance Needs
- A Look at Whole Life Insurance
- Is Term Life Insurance for You?
- Universal Life Insurance
- Variable Universal Life Insurance
- What to Look for in a Long-Term Care Policy
- Understanding Long-Term Care
- Disability and Your Finances
- Term vs. Permanent Life Insurance
- Insuring Your Business With a Buy/Sell Agreement
- Protecting Your Business from the Loss of a Key Person
- Can Group, Private Disability Policies Work Together?
- Understanding the Basics of Medigap Policies
- When Does Your Personal Car Become a Commercial Vehicle?
- The Value of Insuring Against Life’s Risks
- Insurance Needs Assessment: When You're Young and Single
- Insurance Needs Assessment: Married With Children
- Insurance Needs Assessment: For Empty Nesters and Retirees
- When Life Insurance Becomes Taxable
- Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
- Errors and Omissions Insurance
- Test Your Life Insurance Knowledge
- Medicare Advantage 101
- The A, B, C, & D of Medicare
- The Basics of Medicare
- Questions to Ask About Medicare
- Medicare At 65+
- Qualifying For Medicare Under Age 65
- Breaking Down the Parts of Medicare
- Medicare Advantage Plans (Medicare Part C)
Tax
- What If You Get Audited?
- What Is a 1035 Exchange?
- How to Make the Tax Code Work for You
- Donating Art: Taxation Abstraction
- Red Flags for Tax Auditors
- “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams to Watch For
- You May Need to Make Estimated Tax Payments If…
- Tax Rules When Selling Your Home
- Filing Final Tax Returns for the Deceased
- Tax Reform: Before and After
Lifestyle
- Do Your Kids Know The Value of a Silver Spoon?
- Crowdfunding—Capital for the 21st Century
- The Financial Literacy Crisis
- Good Health is Good Business
- Building Your Legacy
- Creative Ways to Motivate Your Employees
- Keeping Good Records is Good Business
- Four Great, Unexpected Places to Raise a Family
- How to Support Local Businesses During a Pandemic
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