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How a Financial Advisor Can Help Lower Your Tax Bill
Tax planning is a vital part of any wealth management strategy, but reducing your tax burden isn’t always a straightforward process, especially for individuals with more complicated returns. Careful planning can help minimize your tax liability leaving you with more money to further your financial goals. Tax planning isn’t just something you think about when…
Read MoreNew Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Tables (Video)
The IRS has put new life expectancy tables in place for calculating Required Minimum Distributions, or RMDs, from retirement accounts. The new tables are good news for account holders because they will mean slightly smaller RMDs on account of longer life expectancies. In this video, our Founder and President, Calvin Goetz, discusses who these changes…
Read MoreA Beginner’s Guide to Alternative Investments
Alternatives are investment options beyond the typical stocks, bonds and cash found in most portfolios. They can be tangible assets like precious metals, or they could be financial assets like private equity or hedge funds. Alternatives tend to be riskier than traditional assets, which means investors usually have to meet certain criteria to access them.…
Read MoreWhat Is Inflation—And Why Is Everyone Talking About It?
Climbing commodity prices, ambitious government spending packages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic crash have resurrected a long-dormant fear: runaway inflation. But what is inflation, and is it something to worry about? A lot of the thinking surrounding inflation has changed over the years, and economists disagree on what causes it and…
Read MoreUnderstanding Retirement Income Tax
When you retire, you’ll likely draw your income from several sources—such as retirement accounts, taxable investment accounts, and Social Security Benefits. Each of these sources is taxed according to its own rules. So, in order to accurately plan for your retirement, you need to know what these rules are, whether (and when) you’re required to…
Read MoreHow to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
Online banking and electronic payment options offer consumers unprecedented access to their financial accounts. Yet, this convenience comes at a price—a greater risk of identity theft. Identity thieves can use your personal information to open fraudulent accounts and steal your money through unauthorized purchases and withdrawals. Luckily there are steps you can take to protect…
Read MoreIs Your Business Protected if Disaster Strikes?
A disaster plan can help your business survive a worst-case scenario. What would happen to your business after a fire, a massive data breach or the sudden loss of a key employee? Would it recover? How long would it take? If you’ve never really thought about the answers to these questions, it’s time to make…
Read MoreTwo Strategies for Rebalancing Your Portfolio
How to bring your portfolio back in line with your goals Your investment portfolio is more than the sum of your account balances. It represents your pathway toward important financial goals, whether a comfortable retirement or a college education for your kids. But over time, the inevitable ups and downs of the financial markets can…
Read MoreYour IRA and Your Legacy
Individual retirement accounts can play a valuable role in the estate planning process. Individual retirement accounts (IRA) are a cornerstone of many people’s retirement savings strategy, and for good reason: the ability to contribute pre-tax income—and to defer taxes until you start making withdrawals—means your savings can potentially grow more quickly than they could in…
Read More3 Tips for Smart Spending When Staying At Home
The global marketplace is shifting before our eyes. In a matter of weeks, stalwarts of the economy like airlines, hotels, and restaurants have nearly ground to a halt. Consumer spending has taken a nosedive as most of society is being more mindful of where we go and what we spend. We can find examples to…
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