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10 Things You Can Do Now to Help Simplify Your Estate for Your Heirs
One of the greatest gifts you can give your loved ones is a thoughtful estate strategy that outlines your wishes after you are gone. Discussing estate details with your team of professionals is another way to help manage your legacy...
Read MoreThe Evolving Role of Women in Family Finances
March is Women’s History Month, and according to a recent survey, 49% of women consider themselves to be the chief financial officer of their households, up from 41% in 2021.1 Those numbers are even more impressive when you consider...
Read More10 Facts You May Not Know About Social Security
Social Security is often misunderstood or underestimated in retirement strategy. However, as financial professionals, we've seen how it can play a crucial role in our clients' overall financial strategy, regardless of their income...
Read MoreInnovative New Year's Resolutions: Financial and Personal Growth Strategies for 2025
Looks like New Year's resolutions are still going strong in 2024! A recent Pew survey found that about a third of Americans kicked off the year with at least one resolution, and many people actually went for multiple goals. It's...
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Talking With Your Elderly Parents About Their Money (Part I)
Talking about money with your parents is a big and complex topic. It often causes heartache and worry. This is Part I of a three-part series on things to consider. One of the most difficult things we talk with clients about is when...
Read MoreWhat Makes you Happy? Apparently having a financial advisor does.
It is Springtime. That makes us happy. But there’s also been a lot of talk recently about happiness recently. Sometimes we find ourselves thinking that the world has become a unkind place, a place where neighbors enjoy being mean to...
Read MoreWaiting for New Highs
Financial markets have experienced quite a bit of change this year in just two short months. We started the year hopeful that stocks would benefit from a better economic and monetary policy environment by the spring, but recent...
Read MoreOur attitudes matter. Supporting clients who engage with their financial future.
We often get asked, “Who do you work with?” Our who is not a person, but an attitude. We work for clients who have or want to have a pragmatic and future-focused mindset. We work with clients who build wealth and care about how it is...
Read MoreMoney Dates: Talking about money with your spouse
Creating A Shared Vision For Your Money Sometimes it is hard to find the right time to talk about money with your spouse. There is always a distraction or something more important taking up our time, especially if the topic is a bit...
Read MoreTurn Financial Goals into Habits: Taking Small Steps for Financial Health
January is over and now we have the opportunity to remind ourselves about the resolutions or new year wishes that we thought about when we rang in the new year. Setting solid intentions for the new year is such a good thing to do, and...
Read MoreImpact our world's sustainability: Invest with your values.
What is ESG Investing? If you are not sure what all the “buzz” is about ESG is, here is a quick primer. Sometimes ESG investing is called responsible investing or sustainable investing or values-based investing. Whatever term you use,...
Read MoreThe initmate conversation of money: How does your money talk support your financial future?
We recently hosted a workshop to talk about money. We considered questions about how money was approached when we were young children and what money lessons we took away from those experiences. We talked about if that approach serves...
Read MoreWhat To Know About The Secure Act 2.0
With the signing of the Omnibus Appropriations package into law, both employees and employers can take advantage of more than 90 new provisions aimed at creating opportunities to create or modify workplace retirement plans and...
Read MoreCreating a shared financial vision: Share the road to your financial future
Creating a shared vision: you and your partner coming together around money. You hear a lot about how you need a retirement plan, an investment strategy. You need your money to work for you. You need estate planning and college...
Read MoreEstate Planning: Seeking Confidence For All Couples: Helping You Manage Your Legacy
Whether you marry or enter into a domestic partnership, many couples also wed their finances together. However, couples may not spend enough time thinking about estate planning. It’s vital, especially if there are considerable assets...
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