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Cash Management
- What Are Some Tips for Managing My Money?
- How Long Will It Take to Double My Money?
- How Do Money Market Mutual Funds Work?
- How Can I Better Manage My Short-Term Cash?
- What Advantages Does a Biweekly Mortgage Offer?
- What About Financial Aid for College?
- What Savings Alternatives Are Available?
- How Does Inflation Affect Me?
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Client Connections
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Estates & Trusts
- What Key Estate Planning Tools Should I Know About?
- How Can a Living Trust Help Me Control My Estate?
- What Are the Pitfalls of Probate?
- How Can My Gift Benefit Me and the Charity?
- How Can I Control the Distribution of My Estate?
- How Will I Pay Estate Taxes?
- Can I Benefit from an A-B Trust?
- What Gifting Strategies Are Available to Me?
- How Can I Benefit from a Charitable Lead Trust?
- How Can I Benefit from a Charitable Remainder Trust?
- How Can I Benefit from a Wealth Replacement Trust?
- Could My Family Benefit from a Family Limited Partnership?
- What Is the Best Form of Property Ownership for Me?
- History of the Federal Estate Tax
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Investing
- What Are Dividends?
- What Is an Exchange-Traded Fund?
- Growth Stocks vs. Value Stocks
- How Are Mutual Funds Taxed?
- What Is Stock?
- What Are Zero-Coupon Bonds?
- What Is Diversification?
- What Types of Bonds Are Available?
- What Is a Bond?
- What Is a Stock Index?
- How Do Mutual Funds and Stocks Differ?
- What Is a Mutual Fund?
- What Is a Mutual Fund Load?
- What Is an Annuity?
- What Is the Difference Between a Fixed Annuity and a Variable Annuity?
- What Investment Risks Should I Know About?
- What Stock and Bond Investing Alternatives Do I Have?
- What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging?
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Retirement
- What Is a SIMPLE?
- What Is an IRA Rollover?
- What Is a Roth 401(k)?
- What Is a Profit-Sharing Plan?
- What Is a Money Purchase Pension Plan?
- What Is a 403(b) Plan?
- Why Do People Buy Annuities?
- What Is a Split-Annuity Strategy?
- What Are Annuity Living Benefits?
- How Much Do I Need to Save?
- A New Chapter for Retirement
- What Is a 1035 Exchange?
- Unforgettable Birthdays
- Don’t Bank Your Retirement on Your Business
- Will Social Security Retire Before You Do?
- Social Security Income
- What Is a Self-Employed Retirement Plan?
- Retirement Plan Distributions
- What Is a Traditional IRA?
- What Is a 401(k) Plan?
- Save Now or Save Later?
- What Is a Roth IRA?
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Risk Management
- Why Purchase Life Insurance?
- Why Are Annuities Considered an Insurance Product?
- What Is Property and Casualty Insurance?
- Do I Need a Business Owner Policy?
- Life Insurance for Business Owners
- What Is Split-Dollar Life Insurance?
- What Is Last-Survivor Life Insurance?
- What Is Term Life Insurance?
- What Is Whole Life Insurance?
- What Is Universal Life Insurance?
- What Is Variable Life Insurance?
- What Are the Main Types of Auto Insurance?
- Making a Property Insurance Claim
- How Can I Maximize My Insurance Benefits?
- How Can I Insure My Future?
- How Can I Protect My Home?
- Do I Need Disability Income Insurance?
- What Types of Health Coverage Are Available?
- How Can I Extend My Liability Coverage?
- What Is the Difference Between an HMO and a PPO?
- Am I Prepared for Long-Term Care Expenses?
- What Does Medicare Cover?
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Tax Planning
- What Is the Estate Tax?
- What Is the Gift Tax?
- How Much Money Can I Put Into My IRA or Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan?
- What Is a Required Minimum Distribution?
- What Are the Tax Benefits of Charitable Trusts?
- When Must Taxes Be Paid on IRA and Employer-Sponsored Retirement Funds?
- How Can I Benefit from Tax-Advantaged Investments?
- What Tax Deductions Are Still Available to Me?
- What Tax-Advantaged Alternatives Do I Have?
- What Is the Most Tax-Efficient Way to Take a Distribution From a Retirement Plan
- Is There Such a Thing as a Tax-Free Investment?
- How Can I Keep More of My Mutual Fund Profits?
- How Can I Upgrade My Insurance — Tax-Free?
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Newsletters
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January
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December
- HOT TOPIC: How COVID-19 Has Changed Consumer Behavior and the Future of Retail
- Should You Pay Off Student Loans Early or Save More for Retirement?
- Putting Your Nest Egg in Three Baskets
- Full House: Adult Children Coming Home
- Income Investors May Find Closed-End Funds on Sale
- Your Business: Could You Benefit from a Roth Conversion in 2020?
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November
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October
- HOT TOPIC: Election 2020: Uncertainty Creates Potential for Market Swings
- Return of Premium Life Insurance: Protection and Cash Back
- Accumulating Funds for Short-Term Goals
- Investing in UITs
- Business Cycle Basics: Recessions Begin and End Before We Know It
- Insurance to Help Protect Your Business from Lawsuits
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September
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August
- HOT TOPIC: College Disrupted: Students Face High Costs and Pandemic Impact
- Debit or Credit? Pick a Card
- Consider a Roth Conversion for Tax-Free Income
- Turbulent Times: Bear Markets Come and Go
- Indexed Annuities: A Strategy to Turn Savings into Retirement Income
- Crisis Relief: Financial Lifelines for Affected Workers
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July
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June
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May
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April
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March
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February
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Videos
- Should You Pay Off Debt or Save for Retirement?
- Should You Sell When the Market Drops?
- 3 Potential Benefits of Dollar-Cost Averaging
- Leaving Your Employer? Don’t Forget Your Retirement Savings Plan
- The Basics of Social Security Retirement Benefits
- Financial Planning: Helping You See the Big Picture
- Stocks and Stock Mutual Funds 101
- Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds 101
- The Pros and Cons of a Big Tax Refund
- The Retirement Income Factor
- What Is Investment Risk?
- Do You Know Who Your Beneficiaries Are?
- The Value of a Bond
- What Would Happen to Your Estate?
- What Is An Annuity?
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Tax Library
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Calculators
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Cash Management
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Estate Planning
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Loans & Credit Cards
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Retirement & Inflation
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Risk Management
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Saving & Investing
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Taxes & IRAs
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