Your Financial Future
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Helpful Content
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.
Budgeting After a Divorce
Divorce is the second most stressful time in a person's life. Here's some tips to get through it.
Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.
Mortgages in Retirement
Explore the benefits and drawbacks to paying off your mortgage prior to retirement with this article.
Universal Life Insurance
Universal life insurance is permanent insurance with a flexible premium. Here's how it works.
Managing the Risk of Outliving Your Money
Steps to help you sustain and grow your retirement savings.
A House Divided
By understanding a few key concepts during a divorce, you may be able to avoid common pitfalls.
Making a Charitable Contribution
There are benefits and limitations when you decide to donate stock.
Asset Allocation
Consider how your assets are allocated and if that allocation is consistent with your time frame and risk tolerance.
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Interested in a Fuel Efficient Car?
Estimate how many months it may take to recover the out-of-pocket costs when buying a more efficient vehicle.
Comparing Investments
This calculator compares the net gain of a taxable investment versus a tax-favored one.
Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you have the potential to earn during your working years.
Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings
Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.
What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
Long-Term-Care Needs
Determine your potential long-term care needs and how long your current assets might last.
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Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
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.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
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RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?
18 Years’ Worth of Days
The average retirement lasts for 18 years, with many lasting even longer. Will you fill your post-retirement days with purpose?
The Power of Tax-Deferred Growth
Why are 401(k) plans, annuities, and IRAs so popular?
Saving for College 101
Here’s a crash course on saving for college.
What Smart Investors Know
Savvy investors take the time to separate emotion from fact.
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.