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What is the Value of Your Business?
Ascertaining the value of your business is important for a variety of reasons.
A Checklist for When a Spouse or Parent Passes
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.
Insight to a Maddening Employment Report
Here’s why the August jobs report was particularly maddening.
Preparing the Future Generation
Discover why we need to plan the future for future generations today.
Spend Mindfully by Adopting a Saver’s Mentality
As we have all been forced to change our behaviors and depart from our “normal” routines, it is no wonder that our spending behaviors have changed too.
Take the Stage: Planning for All Types of Families
What is a family? In the 1950s, the notion of the nuclear family predominated: Mom, dad and their biological children. Today, things are different. The term “family” embraces everything from...
Top Tips for a Retirement Tailgate
The majority of U.S. workers retire at age 63. Do you want to leave the game earlier? Or play longer?
When Does Your Personal Car Become a Commercial Vehicle?
At what point can you call a personal vehicle commercial?
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Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
Potential Income from an IRA
Estimate your monthly and annual income from various IRA types.
Social Security Taxes
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be considered taxable.
Estimate Your RMD
Help determine the required minimum distribution from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan.
Saving for College
This calculator can help you estimate how much you should be saving for college.
Historical Inflation
This calculator shows how inflation over the years has impacted purchasing power.
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5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
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Video: A Time to be Thankful
This Thanksgiving, replace internal fears with external gratitude.
What You Need to Know About Social Security
Every so often, you’ll hear about Social Security benefits running out. But is there truth to the fears, or is it all hype?
What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
Retirement Redefined
Around the country, attitudes about retirement are shifting.
Should You Ever Retire?
A growing number of Americans are pushing back the age at which they plan to retire. Or deciding not to retire at all.