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Taxes

Discover 10 Proactive, Year-Round Tax Reduction Strategies

With tax season behind you, it may be the last thing you want to think about, but working on tax reduction strategies now could pay off next year. In fact,…

AdvicePeriodMay 9, 2023

Retirement Planning

How to Get the Maximum Social Security Benefit

What’s the biggest possible Social Security check a retiree can receive? For 2023, it’s $4,555 per month1 if you retire at age 70—far more than the national average of $1,827.2…

AdvicePeriodMay 9, 2023

Estate Planning

Proactively Transfer Wealth Before Lifetime Exemption Expires

When it comes to the tax-free transfer of wealth, we’re living in a golden era. Single individuals can move $12.92 million and married couples can move $25.84 million1 out of…

AdvicePeriodApril 18, 2023

How to Maximize the Value of Your Business

It’s never too early to start positioning your business to sell at a premium valuation even if a potential sale is years away. The improvements needed to unlock the value…

AdvicePeriodApril 18, 2023

How to Protect Your Children From Wealth-Related Issues

One of the biggest worries of wealthy parents is that their affluence will hamper their children's personal and social development. In some instances, privileged kids have grown into young adults…

AdvicePeriodMarch 21, 2023

Wealth Planning

Wealth Planning Strategies for Life-Changing Events

Life can bring joyous changes like welcoming a new spouse or child, or sad ones, like experiencing divorce or the death of a spouse or child. While these experiences have…

AdvicePeriodMarch 21, 2023

Leaving a Final Gift to Your Loved Ones

Financial planning is a powerful tool to help us and our loved ones. But the best planning looks beyond our lifetimes. For example, wills and estate plans allow us to…

AdvicePeriodFebruary 16, 2023

Estate Planning

Expecting an Inheritance? Here’s How to Prepare

If you’re expecting an inheritance soon, it likely means you’ve lost someone important to you. Anticipating a windfall while grieving is part of what can make inheritance complicated. To make…

AdvicePeriodFebruary 16, 2023

News

Congress Passes Secure Act 2.0 Bringing Big Changes to Saving for Retirement

At the end of 2022, Congress passed Secure Act 2.0 legislation as part of a larger spending bill. Secure Act 2.0 includes significant changes in the way we save for…

AdvicePeriodJanuary 18, 2023

Retirement Planning

Discover a Strategic Way to Fund Long-Term Care

It’s a fact that many of us will need expensive long-term care at some point in our lifetimes, either in our homes or health care facility. While wealthy households may…