Understanding Today's Financial Environment
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Saving for College 101
Here’s a crash course on saving for college.
The Half Million Dollar Baby
The true cost of raising a child may be far more than you expect.
Top New Digital Tools for Small Businesses
Apps that help small business owners better manage and grow their business.
TIPS for Inflation
If you are concerned about inflation and expect short-term interest rates may increase, TIPS could be worth considering.
Strategies For Managing Student Loan Debt
Five strategies for managing your student debt.
9 Facts About Retirement
Regardless of how you approach retirement, there are some things about it that might surprise you.
Keep Your Umbrella Handy
Umbrella liability can be a fairly inexpensive way to help shelter current assets and future income from the unexpected.
The Lowdown on Those Free Credit Scores
What’s the deal with your yearly free credit report?
Social Security Benefits: How Much Will I Receive
Calculating your potential Social Security benefit is a three-step process.
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What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
What Is My Current Cash Flow?
Assess whether you are running “in the black” or “in the red” each month.
Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
Saving for College
This calculator can help you estimate how much you should be saving for college.
Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings
Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.
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Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
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Women and Retirement
Women must be ready to spend, on average, more years in retirement than men.
Perception vs. Reality
There’s an alarming difference between perception and reality for current and future retirees.
Bridging the Confidence Gap
In the world of finance, the effects of the "confidence gap" can be especially apparent.
Events on Wall Street
Can successful investors predict changes in the markets? Some can but others miss the market’s signals.
Forecast
The market is as unpredictable as the weather. We’d love to help you prepare.
The Real Cost of a Vacation Home
What if instead of buying that vacation home, you invested the money?