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Helpful Content
A Home Insurance Claim: To File Or Not To File
Learn when it may not make sense to file a claim on your home insurance.
Buying vs. Leasing a Car
Whatever your relationship with your car, it may eventually come time for a new one. Familiarize yourself with your options.
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.
Strategies For Managing Student Loan Debt
Five strategies for managing your student debt.
Yours, Mine and Ours: Estate Strategies for Second Marriages
Second marriages are a trigger event to revisit any existing estate strategies.
The Investment Risk No One’s Ever Heard Of
You face a risk for which the market does not compensate you, that can not be easily reduced through diversification.
Do Your Kids Know The Value of a Silver Spoon?
You taught them how to read and how to ride a bike, but have you taught your children how to manage money?
“Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams to Watch For
Every year the IRS releases its list of tax scams, spotlighting some ways that people try to separate you from your money.
Making Sense Of A Home Warranty
Understanding the value of a home warranty.
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Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal tax liability.
Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
Should I Buy or Lease an Auto?
This calculator compares the financial impact of leasing versus buying an automobile.
Inflation & Retirement
Estimate how much income may be needed at retirement to maintain your standard of living.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
Assess Your Life Insurance Needs
This calculator estimates how much life insurance you would need to meet your family's needs if you were to die prematurely.
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5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Tax Management Strategies
Learn more about taxes, tax-favored investing, and tax strategies.
Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations? Here are three tips.
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
All about how missing the best market days (or the worst!) might affect your portfolio.
The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime. Are you prepared?
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.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Choosing a Mortgage
Selecting a mortgage isn't an easy process. Get a better understanding of how professionals make the right decisions.