Home Sweet Home, or an Investment?
Category: Financial Planning
Homes are commonly thought of as investments. It’s easy to see why. For most of us, it’s the single biggest thing on our balance sheets for years.
Hold Still!
Category: Financial Planning
Hiring a Financial Advisor May Improve Your Odds of Success
Category: Financial Planning
Over the years, I have found it helpful to hire experts to do things or guide me through areas of life which are too difficult or time consuming. Hiring a financial advisor may be just what you need in 2023.
Hiking Through the Financial Wilderness
Category: Financial Planning
I used to laugh at the TV commercial years ago that stated, “Most people spend more time planning their vacation than their retirement.” It’s funny how your perspective can change with time. Now, I gladly note all details of a personal trip, perhaps as a parallel of my work.
Helping Others Grieve
Category: Financial Planning
Health, Wealth, and Time
Category: Financial Planning
David Safris, President and Co-owner of Visionary Services, Inc., shares how long-term planning and balancing health, wealth, and time helped him pursue a lifelong dream.
Have You Considered a Cash-Balance Plan?
Category: Financial Planning
Many business owners are looking for more tax-friendly ways to save for retirement. A cash balance plan could be the answer.
Have You Come to Terms with the Reality of Your Retirement?
Category: Financial Planning » Behavioral Finance
People come to terms with the fact they will one day retire. Maybe not in the next year or two but sometime in the next five. Often, it’s a reality they’ve been denying.
CARES Act Q&A
Category: Financial Planning
Kent Kramer and Zach Dalluge answer some important questions about the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Can You Ever Have Enough?
Category: Financial Planning » Retirement Planning
There is always more stuff to do or buy. There are always more “what if’s” for which to account. It’s a rare creature who has found contentment in what they already have, a person who no longer searches for the next thing or feels empty because of what they do not have.
Business Owners, Beware of the “Missing Middle”
Category: Financial Planning
For many family businesses, the lack of clear succession plans is the most significant challenge.
Building a Framework for Family and Charitable Gifts
Category: Financial Planning
Recently, a colleague and I sat down with a married couple who is on the cusp of making significant wealth transfer and philanthropic decisions that will impact their family for generations to come. Naturally, their first question was, “Where do we start?”
Brock Purdy and the Importance of Inconsequential Decisions
Category: Financial Planning
One seemingly small decision that no one thought would matter made a significant difference for the Bay Area team and its fans...
Blind Spots
Category: Financial Planning
Biases
Category: Financial Planning
Balance Sheet Liquidity: What Is It? How Do I Approach It?
Category: Financial Planning
I am extremely fortunate to work with many different types of clients. Some of my favorite clients are the owners of privately owned businesses. There are always opportunities to have conversations that go well beyond managing investments.
Avoiding Probate Just Got a Little EasieràFor Certain Estates
Category: Financial Planning
Currently in Iowa, if a decedent owns personal property that totals $25,000 or less and that property would normally pass under a Will or the intestate statute, you can skip probate with just an affidavit.