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Retirement
To claim or not to claim? The Social Security question
Determining a Social Security strategy can be one of the most complicated processes that people across the U.S. face as they reach retirement. Learn the ins and outs of claiming Social Security and the role you can play in the process as a financial advisor.
Retirement
Health savings accounts: A strategic retirement tool?
With the cost of healthcare steadily rising across America, planning for this expense has become a focal point in many financial plans. Learn how investors and their advisors can turn to health savings accounts, and their tax benefits to address the specific cost in retirement.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
The Power of Women: How to reach your financial success
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While many women are incredibly on top of their finances, others feel less confident. Today we’ll spend some time talking about the questions we frequently hear from women, ask you to reflect on your personal situation and hope that you come away from our time together with an even clearer view of your financial future and your path to deeper engagement.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
A Close Look At the Value of your Financial Advisor
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Envestnet outlines three key reasons why investors who work with professional financial advisors can increase the probability of achieving their goals more than do-it-yourself investors.
Retirement
What volatility means for retirement plan participants
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Market volatility doesn’t have to interfere with retirement outcomes. Here are three ways volatility can impact plan participants and three ways to manage it.
Retirement
Should you save or spend your tax refund?
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This tax season, consider putting your refund toward a 529 plan.
Children & College Savings
How Do Summer Jobs Affect 529s and Financial Aid?
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Your teen’s summer gig can prepare them for the future — and help them save for college.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Adding Pro Bono Financial Planning to Your Practice
One of the easiest and most direct ways for advisors to give back to their communities is to provide pro bono financial planning services, and the Foundation for Financial Planning is set up to help them do exactly that.
Children & College Savings
What Can a 529 Be Used For? More Than You May Think
What constitutes a qualified educational expense? When that question relates to 529 savings plans, the answer may be broader than you think.
Retirement
Approaching Retirement: 3 Smart Money Moves in Your 50s
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After you turn the big 5-0, you need to get serious about retirement planning. Here are three things to do now to prepare for a brighter future for yourself and your loved ones.