Your Financial Future
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Helpful Content
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
How Income Taxes Work
A quick look at how federal income taxes work.
Retirement Seen Through Your Eyes
What your life will look like after you leave work.
Universal Life Insurance
Universal life insurance is permanent insurance with a flexible premium. Here's how it works.
A Penny Saved is Two Pennies Earned
Here are some simple and inexpensive energy-saving tips that may help you save money.
Financial Aid for Students 101
Help your college-bound child explore scholarships, grants, and more with this article on paying for higher education.
What’s Your Investment IQ?
You make decisions for your portfolio, but how much do you really know about the products you buy? Try this quiz
The Ivory Tower Changes Wall Street
Thanks to the work of three economists, we have a better understanding of what determines an asset’s price.
A Look at Diversification
Diversification is an investment principle designed to manage risk, but it can't prevent against a loss.
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Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
How Much Home Can I Afford?
With a few simple inputs you can estimate how much of a mortgage you may be able to obtain.
Estimate Your RMD
Help determine the required minimum distribution from an IRA or another qualified retirement plan.
Social Security Taxes
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be considered taxable.
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5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
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The Richest Man in Babylon
In good times and bad, consistently saving a percentage of your income is a sound financial practice.
Extended Care: A Patchwork of Possibilities
What is your plan for health care during retirement?
RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
Social Security: By the Numbers
Here are five facts about Social Security that might surprise you.
A Fruitful Retirement: Social Security Benefit
Taking your Social Security benefits at the right time may help maximize your benefit.