Understanding Today’s Financial Environment
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Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Prevent a Rift: Money Tips for Newlyweds
Couples may be able to head off many of the problems in a marriage that money can cause.
Good Health is Good Business
Good employee health can be great for the company’s bottom line.
Social Media: #NewestBusinessLiabilityRisk
Social media may be a modern imperative for businesses looking to grow and build their brand, but it also introduces risk.
A Home Insurance Claim: To File Or Not To File
Learn when it may not make sense to file a claim on your home insurance.
Pullbacks, Corrections, and Bear Markets
Clearing up confusion from the economic downturn following COVID-19 and how it might affect your financial strategy.
Caring for Aging Parents
As our nation ages, many Americans are turning their attention to caring for aging parents.
Problems with Probate
Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.
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What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
Comparing Mortgage Terms
Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.
How Compound Interest Works
Use this calculator to better see the potential impact of compound interest on an asset.
Estimate Your RMD
Help determine the required minimum distribution from an IRA or another qualified retirement plan.
Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.
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5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
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Social Security: By the Numbers
Here are five facts about Social Security that might surprise you.
The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime. Are you prepared?
A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List
Bucket lists don’t have to be for tomorrow.
The Junk Drawer Approach to Investing
It's easy to let investments accumulate like old receipts in a junk drawer.
RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?
Extended Care: A Patchwork of Possibilities
What is your plan for health care during retirement?