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Helpful Content
Year-End Financial Moves to Maximize Your Momentum
Use these year-end financial strategies to help reduce taxes, protect assets, and move into the new year with momentum.
What's Your MPG?
Calculate your vehicle's fuel efficiency and see what you're spending on gas annually.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Estate Strategies of the Rich and Famous
The examples of famous celebrities underline the need for a clear estate strategy.
The Economic Journey of Your Morning Coffee
Few contemplate the complex journey that brought their coffee from farm to kitchen table.
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
Not only can D&O insurance provide financial protection, but it can help improve an organization’s decision-making.
Please Leave Home Without It
Concerns over identity theft continue to grow, especially with data breaches at major companies and financial institutions.
A Look at Whole Life Insurance
Whole life insurance remains in force as long as you remain current with premiums. Here's how it works.
To choose a plan, it’s important to ask yourself four key questions.
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My Retirement Savings
See how your current savings rate and contributions may grow into retirement income.
Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you may earn over your working years based on your current income.
What Is the Dividend Yield?
Calculate the dividend yield of a holding and see what that means for income over time.
Historical Inflation
See how the purchasing power of a dollar has changed over time due to inflation.
Assess Your Life Insurance Needs
Estimate how much life insurance coverage may be appropriate for your situation.
The Power of Interest - How Long Will it take My Money to Do
Use the Rule of 72 to estimate how long it takes your money to double at a given rate.
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Finding the Balance
The sandwich generation faces unique challenges. For many, meeting needs is a matter of finding a balance.
Encore Careers: Push Your Boundaries
Ready for retirement? Find out why many are considering encore careers and push your boundaries into something more, here.
From Boats to Brokers
From the Dutch East India Company to Wall St., the stock market has a long and storied history.
Behavioral Finance
An amusing and whimsical look at behavioral finance best practices for investors.
Should You Ever Retire?
A growing number of Americans are pushing back the age at which they plan to retire. Or deciding not to retire at all.
A Bucket Plan to Go with Your Bucket List
A bucket plan can help you be better prepared for a comfortable retirement.