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Estate Planning for Valuable Cars or Car Collections
Last Updated: August 12, 2024 You love it. You know you do. Why else would you spend so much time with it? I’m talking about your favorite car or, if you’re fortunate, car collection. The truth is, when you die, decisions will have to be made about your precious collection…
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The True Cost of Homeownership
Last Updated: July 25, 2024 To many, owning a home is the pinnacle of adulthood, responsibility, and success. When you think about purchasing a home, you may tend to only think about it in terms of your down payment and monthly mortgage payment. But to limit your homeownership budget to…
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What Is Financial Planning?
Last Updated: June 28, 2024 According to the CFP® Board, “Financial planning involves look at a client’s entire financial picture and advising them on how to achieve their short- and long-term financial goals.” If this seems broad, well, it is—financial planning covers a vast range of areas with the goal…
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How a Mega Backdoor Roth Conversion Works
Last Updated: March 13, 2024 It’s no secret that Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs) have several major benefits—after-tax contributions to your IRA account offer tax-free growth and distributions later in life, and there are no required minimum distributions at any age. Plus, you can withdrawals amounts equivalent to your Roth…
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What’s the Difference Between a Traditional and Roth IRA?
Last Updated: May 10, 2024 Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are tax-advantaged long-term savings and investment vehicles intended to help carry you through your retirement years. Some IRAs may be available through your employer, but most are intended for you to set up and contribute to on your own outside of…
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The Value of a Financial Professional
Last Updated: May 10, 2024 With the emergence—and prevalence—of robo-advisors, where investing can be done with the click of a button on an app, the common question is, are financial/investment advisors truly worth it? We firmly believe that yes, an advisor is absolutely worth it. Here’s why. Let’s talk about…
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How to Roll Over Your 401(k)
Last Updated: April 9, 2024 Let’s start with what a 401(k) rollover is. When you transfer a balance from a previous existing 401(k), likely from a company you’re no longer employed by or in the process of leaving, to a new or existing 401(k) with your current (new) employer or…
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Weekly Market Report: July 25–29, 2022
The market had a pretty good day last Tuesday. For the week, the Dow finished up 3%, S&P 500 up 4.3%, NASDAQ was up 4.7. It’s still off over 20% for the year, so technically, in a bear market. The ten-year treasury was down to 2.66% on the yield, and…
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