Your Financial Future
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Helpful Content
Critical Estate Documents
Sound estate management includes creating financial and healthcare documents. Here's an inside look.
Planning for Special Needs Children
Planning for a special-needs child can be complicated, confusing, and even overwhelming.
Revising Estate Strategy Assumptions
Estate tax exemptions rules appear to be stabilizing, prompting many to reconsider conventional estate strategies.
To Catch a Thief
Having your identity stolen may result in financial loss plus the cost of trying to restore your good name.
What If You Get Audited?
The chances of an IRS audit aren't that high. And being audited does not necessarily imply that the IRS suspects wrongdoing.
Mutual Funds vs. ETFs
Exchange-traded funds have some things in common with mutual funds, but there are differences, too.
The Value of Insuring Against Life’s Risks
Building wealth requires protection from the forces of wealth destruction.
What the New Tax Bill Means for You
What does the Tax Reform and Jobs Act mean for you?
5 Things That Seasoned Travelers Are Doing (That You're Not)
A collection of tips from professional travelers.
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Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal tax liability.
Assess Your Life Insurance Needs
This calculator estimates how much life insurance you would need to meet your family's needs if you were to die prematurely.
Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
Comparing Mortgage Terms
Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.
Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Tax Management Strategies
Learn more about taxes, tax-favored investing, and tax strategies.
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The Richest Man in Babylon
In good times and bad, consistently saving a percentage of your income is a sound financial practice.
Retirement Redefined
Around the country, attitudes about retirement are shifting.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Jane Bond: Infiltrating the Market
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, cracking the code on bonds.
The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime. Are you prepared?
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.