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The SECURE Act
This article may help you understand the most recent changes to your IRA and your RMD implemented with the SECURE Act.
The Average American Budget
Learn about the average American budget in this fun and interactive piece.
All Muni Bonds Are Not Created Equal
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Revising Estate Strategy Assumptions
Estate tax exemptions rules appear to be stabilizing, prompting many to reconsider conventional estate strategies.
Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date
Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."
Where Will Your Retirement Money Come From?
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Travel, Without the Baggage
Tips to avoid checking in luggage on your next vacation.
A Brief Guide To Condo Insurance
Important items to consider when purchasing condo insurance.
A Look at Diversification
Diversification is an investment principle designed to manage risk, but it can't prevent against a loss.
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Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you have the potential to earn during your working years.
Historical Inflation
This calculator shows how inflation over the years has impacted purchasing power.
What Is the Dividend Yield?
This calculator helps determine your pre-tax and after-tax dividend yield on a particular stock.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Social Security Taxes
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be considered taxable.
Doubling Your Money
This calculator demonstrates the power of compound interest.
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Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
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When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Rightsizing for Retirement
What does your home really cost?
Should I Invest in Gold?
Learning more about gold and its history may help you decide whether it has a place in your portfolio.
The Latte Lie and Other Myths
Do you know these three personal finance sayings?
Bursting the Bubble
Tulips were the first, but they won’t be the last. What forms a “bubble” and what causes them to burst?
Extended Care: A Patchwork of Possibilities
What is your plan for health care during retirement?