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Estate Planning Opportunities in a Low Interest Rate Environment

Category: Financial Planning » Estate & Transfer Planning
By Foster Group
06/16/2020

Many estate planning techniques are based on the Internal Revenue Code Section 7520 interest rate, which is at an all-time low of 0.6% as of June 2020.

Positive Planning Opportunities in a Negative Market

Category: Financial Planning
By Foster Group
06/15/2020

Strangely, a down market and the response of the government to it has created potential planning opportunities that wouldn’t have otherwise been there.

3 Options to Help Keep Your Ducks in a Row

Category: Financial Planning » Cashflow
By Foster Group
06/09/2020

Proactively working off a budget is challenging, both emotionally and practically. Here are some of the tools members of our team use that have helped them successfully manage their cashflow.

4 Reasons You Should Hire a Financial Advisor Right Now

Category: Foster Group
By Foster Group
06/08/2020

When we help people understand that their financial lives are Truly Cared For®, we usually think about how we help them plan, invest, protect, and give, but that doesn’t always address the reasons that people hire us.

10 Mistakes Investors Make Without Advisors

Category: Investing » Diversification
By Foster Group
03/03/2020
Everyone wants to cut out the middleman. When the market does well, many people think: “Anyone can do what an advisor does.” Human nature often delivers a different story.

Listen to Learn with These 5 Podcasts

Category: Foster Group
By Foster Group
02/21/2020
Like most of you, I enjoy learning. And one of the ways I learn is by listening to podcasts. Here are five podcasts I recommend.

Perhaps It’s Not About What You Want From Life, But What Life Wants From You

Category: Foster Group
By Foster Group
01/22/2020
I just finished reading Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Among the many meaningful things he wrote, here is one that stood out. 

Top 2019 Foster Group Blogs

Category: Foster Group
By Foster Group
01/03/2020
At the end of every year, we like to gather and share some of our most popular blog posts. Check them out!

An Executive’s Financial Guide

Category: Financial Planning » Estate & Transfer Planning
By Foster Group
12/16/2019
Our eBook, An Executive's Financial Guide, can help with your road map to retirement, as we show you new ways to make use of your wealth for purposes important to you.
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