Your Financial Future
Today’s economic environment presents many challenges. But along with these challenges comes opportunities and potential rewards for those who can identify long-term trends.
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Helpful Content
A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List
That big list of dreams and goals isn't the only way to look at your bucket list.
Healthy Body, Healthy Pocketbook
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help you reduce health-related expenses—and avoid time in the recovery room.
What's So Great About a Rollover?
Making a career move requires tough decisions, not the least of which is what to do with the funds in your retirement plan.
The ABCs of Zero Coupon Bonds
Understanding some basic concepts may help you assess whether zero-coupon bonds have a place in your portfolio.
Does Your Credit Score Affect Your Insurance Rates?
Your credit score may influence how much you pay for auto and home insurance.
What Is a Stretch IRA?
If you have a traditional IRA, you may have the opportunity to extend its tax-deferred status across multiple generations.
5 Benefits of Working in Retirement
Here are 5 reason why you may consider working through retirement.
The History of Retirement
Do you know where the idea of “retirement” comes from?
Personal Finance Tips for Military Families
Military families face unique challenges, making personal finance even more critical.
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Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you have the potential to earn during your working years.
Self-Employed Retirement Plans
Estimate the maximum contribution amount for a Self-Employed 401(k), SIMPLE IRA, or SEP.
Contributing to an IRA?
Determine if you are eligible to contribute to a traditional or Roth IRA.
My Retirement Savings
Estimate how long your retirement savings may last using various monthly cash flow rates.
Historical Inflation
This calculator shows how inflation over the years has impacted purchasing power.
Should I Buy or Lease an Auto?
This calculator compares the financial impact of leasing versus buying an automobile.
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5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
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Once Upon a Goal
Do you know how to set up your financial goals for success? This knight does.
16 Wall Street Cliches in 60 Seconds
Pundits say a lot of things about the markets. Let's see if you can keep up.
Jane Bond: Infiltrating the Market
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, cracking the code on bonds.
It May Be Time for a Financial Checkup
It’s never a bad time to speak with your financial advisor about changes in your situation.
RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?
Jane Bond: Scaling the Ladder
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, uncovering the mystery of bond laddering.