I Want to Be Like Them
Category: Financial Planning » Charitable Giving
Stories like this spread and inspire others to be generous.
Alphabet Soup
Category: Financial Planning
Many industries use acronyms. Financial services are no different: QCD, RMD, DAF, and IRA to name a few. They each have their own rules and guidelines. We enjoy working with clients on a daily basis to help make sense of these terms.
5/29 is for 529’s
Category: Financial Planning
May 29th is National 529 plan day. While there are many ways to save for future college expenses, a 529 plan remains one of the best.
Raising Kids, Lowering Taxes
Category: Financial Planning
Raising kids costs money. But what if I told you that raising kids also lowers taxes? Here are a few areas of tax relief available to parents.
It’s College Planning Time. Are Your Finances Ready?
Category: Financial Planning
As you start checking these items off the list, the biggest things you have running through your head are dollar signs – lots and lots of dollar signs.
American Rescue Plan: Aid Begins Hitting Accounts
Category: Financial Planning
Most notably, the bill included another round of direct payments to Americans, many of whom have already received the $1,400 (individually), plus per spouse and dependent/s.
It’s Worth the Trip!
We had completed our hike successfully, and the challenges made it more memorable and satisfying. The same is true for all of us as investors.
Don’t Leave Your Last Round to Chance
Category: Financial Planning
I certainly would argue that building a business is more than just a dice game, but both involve risk. How you fill out your scoresheet in Yahtzee is a good example of what business owners might decide to do with their business profits.
Planning for Retirement? Practice Could Make Perfect
Category: Financial Planning
Retirement isn’t a reward you one day receive at random. It’s not something you jump into without a thought in mind. You work up to this day with purpose, precision, and dedication.
Teaching Your Kids to be Grateful and Giving
Category: Financial Planning
Most of the time, it is not so much how we directly “teach” our kids about the value of money but rather how we model and speak about money around them.
Life is Full of Taxes
Category: Financial Planning
As the calendar races to a close, it’s important to consider the impact of selling securities in a non-qualified (aka brokerage or non-retirement) account. While everyone’s situation is different, it’s important to understand the basics.
Debt- A Useful Tool or Financial Burden
Category: Financial Planning
After 30 years of helping people think about all aspects of their financial plan, here are some thoughts on personal debt.
Don’t Let Creditors Crack Your Nest Egg
Category: Financial Planning
Colin Hendricks of BrownWinick Law Firm shares some tips on creditor protection planning for professionals.
Money Can’t Buy Happiness, or Can It
Category: Financial Planning
The book Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending by Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton has changed the way I think and feel about spending. It’s based on academic research that identifies ways that spending can increase our joy, something I didn’t think possible before reading this book!
Single Stock- Too Much of a Good Thing
Category: Financial Planning
Executives often have a significant portion of their wealth in their company stock. For retiring or retired executives, or those who have more than their holding requirements, we work to determine how much, if any, they should continue to hold and how to tax-efficiently decrease their exposure as needed.
Who Run the World? Girls!
Category: Financial Planning
Women currently influence nearly half the wealth in the United States and will likely influence 75% of the wealth by the year 2030.
Not Flavor-of-the-Month Financial Planning!
Category: Financial Planning
Foster Group does not raise a pumpkin spice flag in the morning to check the wind direction before offering prescriptive advice.
Tax Planning Strategies For 2019: How Can You Act Now?
Category: Financial Planning
Dave Farnsworth of McGowen Hurst Clark Smith explains a few different ways you could reduce your tax liability in 2019.�
The Time Might Be Right to Refinance Your Mortgage
Category: Financial Planning
If you’ve financed your house with a 30-year or 15-year mortgage in the last six years, odds are you’re paying a higher interest rate than today's rate.
Cheers to Johnny D!
Category: Financial Planning
Looking back on the six or so years I knew Johnny D, two big themes emerge from his life that are worth us carrying forward.
Retirement is Just the Start!
Category: Financial Planning
We often find ourselves seeking the “finish line” where we no longer need to earn more income. But when it arrives, many folks find they have only just begun to impact the world the way they want.