Helping Our Clients Pursue Their Financial Goals
Today’s economic environment presents many challenges. But along with these challenges comes opportunities and potential rewards for those who can identify long-term trends.
Whether you’re facing retirement—or looking to better understand certain investment ideas—we can help you address your most pressing money questions.
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Our site is filled with educational videos, articles, presentations, and calculators designed to help you learn more about the world of personal finance. As you search my website, send me a note regarding any questions you may have about any particular investment concepts or products. We'll get back to you quickly with a thoughtful answer.
Helpful Content
Emerging Market Opportunities
What are your options for investing in emerging markets?
Red Flags for Tax Auditors
Here are six flags that may make your tax return prime for an IRS audit.
Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.
Bull & Bear Markets: A Timeline
This helpful infographic will define bull and bear markets, as well as give a historical overview.
What’s Your Financial Planning Sign
Discover your financial planning sign.
Understanding Marginal Income Tax Brackets
An inside look at how marginal income tax brackets work.
How Insurance Deductibles Work
Knowing how insurance deductibles work can help you save money and give you peace of mind.
The Sequence of Returns
A look at how variable rates of return impact investors over time.
Ask a Financial Professional: Couples & Money
If it were easy to talk about money, everyone would do it. But in reality, conversations about finances are tough for...
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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.
Can I Refinance My Mortgage?
This calculator can help determine whether it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.
Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings
Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.
Assess Your Life Insurance Needs
This calculator estimates how much life insurance you would need to meet your family's needs if you were to die prematurely.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
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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.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
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Behavioral Finance
An amusing and whimsical look at behavioral finance best practices for investors.
Extended Care: A Patchwork of Possibilities
What is your plan for health care during retirement?
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
Once Upon a Goal
Do you know how to set up your financial goals for success? This knight does.
What to Do When You Lose Your Wallet
Ever lost your wallet? Frustrating. Here’s what you can do to keep yourself safe.
Bridging the Confidence Gap
In the world of finance, the effects of the "confidence gap" can be especially apparent.