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Financial Planning

  • Retirement

    Debunking Common Retirement Assumptions

    Don’t fall for these misconceptions. Financial generalizations are as old as time. Some have been around for decades, while others have only recently joined their ranks. Let’s examine a few. Retirement…

  • Retirement

    A Retirement Fact Sheet

    Some specifics about the “second act.” Does your vision of retirement align with the facts? Here are some noteworthy financial and lifestyle facts about life after 50 that might surprise you.  …

  • Estate Planning

    Can You Put Your IRA into a Trust?

    What you should know about naming an IRA beneficiary. Can your IRA be put directly into a trust? In short, no. Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) cannot be put directly into a…

  • Retirement

    Creating a Retirement Strategy

    Most people just invest for the future. You have a chance to do more. Across the country, people are saving for that “someday” called retirement. Someday, their careers will end. Someday,…

  • Retirement

    Reducing the Risk of Outliving Your Money

    What steps might help you sustain and grow your retirement savings? “What is your greatest retirement fear?” If you ask any group of retirees and pre-retirees this question, “outliving my money”…

  • Lifestyle Retirement

    Retirement Wellness

    Staying healthy could save you some money. How healthy a retirement do you think you will have? If you can stay active as a senior and curb or avoid certain habits,…

  • Retirement

    Your Extended Care Strategy

    Are you prepared for the possibility – and expense – of eldercare? Do you have an extra $33,000 to $100,000 to spare this year? How about next year, and the year…