Your Financial Future
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Helpful Content
Making a Charitable Contribution
There are benefits and limitations when you decide to donate stock.
Your Emergency Fund: How Much Is Enough?
Having an emergency fund may help alleviate the stress and worry associated with a financial crisis.
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
Social Security Benefits: How Much Will I Receive
Calculating your potential Social Security benefit is a three-step process.
Social Security: The 64,000 Dollar Question
One of the most common questions people ask about Social Security is when they should start taking benefits.
Keeping Summer Safe: Pool and Spa Safety Tips
Each year hundreds of children die or are injured in pool accidents. By taking seven steps, you can keep your pool safe.
Why Everyone Needs an Estate Strategy
Do you have an estate strategy? You should.
Personal Finance Tips for Military Families
Military families face unique challenges, making personal finance even more critical.
Term vs. Permanent Life Insurance
When considering life insurance, it's important to understand your options.
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Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.
What Is My Risk Tolerance?
This questionnaire will help determine your tolerance for investment risk.
Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal 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.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
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Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
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Making Your Tax Bracket Work
Have you explored all your options when it comes to managing your taxable income?
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
Choosing a Mortgage
Selecting a mortgage isn't an easy process. Get a better understanding of how professionals make the right decisions.
A Fruitful Retirement: Social Security Benefit
Taking your Social Security benefits at the right time may help maximize your benefit.
Social Security: By the Numbers
Here are five facts about Social Security that might surprise you.
The Junk Drawer Approach to Investing
It's easy to let investments accumulate like old receipts in a junk drawer.