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How to Retire Comfortably: Essential Financial and Emotional Tips for a Joyful Retirement
After working your whole life to reach your golden years — your retirement — the last thing you want is to cross the finish line…
How Much Do You Need to Retire? Balancing Income, Risk, and Lifestyle
As you wind down into your golden years, you’ve likely been battling with the question of “How much do I need?” before you feel prepared…
What is Comprehensive Financial Planning? What You Need to Know
In today’s ever-evolving financial landscape, it can be difficult to stay on top of the trends and techniques that can help you build a sustainable…
Explore Your Options: 9 Investment Alternatives that You Should Know About
By now, you likely understand that you need to be investing to grow your wealth. Your money needs to be working for you. However, do…
What is the Best Small Business Retirement Plan for YOU?
When you run your own business, your days are filled with planning for your business’s future, ensuring you have an actionable plan that secures business…
Are YOU Retirement Ready? Health Insurance and Long-Term Care Insurance for Retirement
As retirement age inches closer and closer, you’re probably thinking about your retirement plans. You want to make sure you have enough money to cover…
Buying vs. Renting a Home: What Gen X Needs to Know in 2024
As Generation X members approach retirement, the question of housing in retirement becomes much more significant than ever before. With many Gen X-ers looking to…
Start Smart: 4 Accounts That Your Young Child Should Have
As a parent or grandparent, it can be a colossal task to save money for children and teach them about financial principles from a young…
Sudden Wealth Advice: 7 Fundamental Tips for the Suddenly Wealthy
Effectively managing your money – especially when it comes to large balances – takes diligent planning and strategic movement. We always hear the financial advice…
5 Financial Planning Tips for High-Income Gen Xers (2024)
Every generation has its own set of challenges when it comes to its financial future, but for Generation X financial planning, the stakes are uniquely…
Your “AAA (Aha) Moment!”: The 1st Steps To Financial Wellness
One of the most incredible experiences in life is to have an “Aha, moment!” An enormous sense of relief overcomes you, which comes from the…
What Is Financial Freedom?
Defining, finding, and creating it through your lens Many ask, “What is financial freedom?” because the phrase seems vague, undefinable, or unachievable. Financial freedom is.…
The Power Of Health Savings Accounts
Saving for Health Care is Important Health is wealth is one life wisdom you hear often. Investing in your pre-emptive good health and securing health.…
Five Tips To Navigate Your Open Enrollment Season
The start of some seasons brings people joy. There are major sports seasons, both regular-season and playoff seasons. Weather seasons are eventful and evoke happiness,…
Reverse Budgeting For High Income Households
Life is short even if you get to live for 100 years. The vision and goals you have in your life, the things you literally…
My Bonus Is Taxed Differently
How Are Bonuses Taxed? Your Bonus Has Arrived! If you expected an end-of-the-year bonus, the payout usually happens within the first few months of the.…
Borrowing Against Your Assets
The key to short-term financing is managing risk responsibly. Knowing when it is wise to leverage your assets and use your resources to get cash.…
Charitable Giving, Taxes, High-Income Earners
Bunching Charitable Contributions with Donor-Advised Funds Here is something you might not have ever considered before. High-net-worth households can use the bunching technique to accomplish……
Everything You Need To Know Before Retiring Abroad
Everything You Need to Know Before Retiring Abroad An Overview of International Retirement International retirement is an increasingly popular choice for people wanting to enjoy……
401(k), Retirement, Roth IRA, Employee Benefits
You may have heard of a film called the Meg – about an enormous shark in the ocean. Or maybe you’ve heard of Megatron –……
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