Your Financial Future
Today’s economic environment presents many challenges. But along with these challenges comes opportunities and potential rewards for those who can identify long-term trends.
Whether you’re facing retirement—or looking to better understand certain investment ideas—we can help you address your most pressing money questions.
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Our first priority is helping you take care of yourself and your family. We want to learn more about your personal situation, identify your dreams and goals, and understand your tolerance for risk. Long-term relationships that encourage open and honest communication have been the cornerstone of my foundation of success.
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Password Protection Strategies
Simple steps may help you foil hackers and protect your privacy.
Do Your Kids Know The Value of a Silver Spoon?
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Longer, healthier living can put greater stress on retirement assets; the bucket approach may be one answer.
Buying Auto Insurance For Teen Drivers
Tips on insuring your teen driver.
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Maintaining good records for your business not only helps to meet your tax and legal obligations, but it can save you money.
A House Divided
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Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
When Life Insurance Becomes Taxable
Life insurance proceeds are generally tax-free. But not in all cases.
An Overview of Renter’s Insurance
Don’t overlook the need for renter’s insurance if you rent your home.
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Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal tax liability.
Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings
Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.
How Much Home Can I Afford?
With a few simple inputs you can estimate how much of a mortgage you may be able to obtain.
Can I Refinance My Mortgage?
This calculator can help determine whether it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.
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5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
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Bursting the Bubble
Tulips were the first, but they won’t be the last. What forms a “bubble” and what causes them to burst?
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
Saving for College 101
Here’s a crash course on saving for college.
Should I Invest in Gold?
Learning more about gold and its history may help you decide whether it has a place in your portfolio.
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