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Tax planning
Feb 18, 2023

Match Retirement Savings with Tax Benefits

I was recently asked to help some independent contractors with their retirement savings needs. Many people try to use some preset thought process of how to save for retirement. Often it is based on getting a matching contribution or some rule of thumb such as saving 10% of their income.
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Financial Planning
August 29, 2022

Can a Little Financial Education Calm Your Money Fears?

Unfortunately, our children do not get a financial education while in high school. Those who go on to get a college education will only learn about finance in certain classes they take, and more specifically, through the degrees they earn. Most families don’t talk about money either.
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Financial Planning
August 29, 2022

Does a Better “Investment Returns Recipe” Actually Matter?

Singing the investment returns blues? Your investment returns aren't performing as well as you planned? Does your Morningstar investment rating show 5 stars, but your actual investment returns only show 1 star?  You might need a better investment returns recipe!
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Investing
April 18, 2023

The Risks of Delaying Investing: How Procrastination Can Cost You Substantially

One of the most compelling reasons to start investing early is the power of compound interest. Compound interest is the interest earned on the initial investment as well as on the accumulated interest. In other words, when you invest, your money can grow exponentially over time.
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Investing
October 2, 2021

Your Guide to Picking the Best 401k Investments

Most of us hate uncertainty. Unfortunately, picking investments almost always involves uncertainty. This is obvious if you review the long list of investments available to include in, say, a 401k investment menu. That’s because while you can look at the past performance of each investment, you ultimately have no way of knowing which investments will perform well in the future.
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Retirement planning
January 12, 2021

Will your current spending plan support tomorrow’s retirement needs?

No matter what the thoughts are a budget can help you help from having those dreams slip away. Not just any spending plan, but one that encompasses the what-ifs of today and the probabilities of tomorrow. Let’s start with tomorrow.
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