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Insuring Your Second Home
There are unique risks of owning a second home and obtaining the proper coverage may protect you from financial risk.
Test Your Life Insurance Knowledge
How much do you know about one of the most important tools you have to help protect your and your family’s financial future?
When Heirs are Imperfect
The money problems or bad lifestyle habits of adult children could lead to the squandering of any inheritance they receive.
Investing for Impact
Learn how to build a socially conscious investment portfolio and invest in your beliefs.
Insurance Needs Assessment: When You're Young and Single
Even if you’re young and single, you should still consider protecting yourself.
Retirement Income and the Traditional Portfolio
Experiencing negative returns early in retirement can potentially undermine the sustainability of your assets.
Gun Ownership and Your Homeowners Policy
Gun owners need to make sure that their homeowners policy covers the full value of their firearm(s) as personal liability.
When Life Insurance Becomes Taxable
Life insurance proceeds are generally tax-free. But not in all cases.
The Average American Budget
Learn about the average American budget in this fun and interactive piece.
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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.
Saving for Retirement
This calculator can help you estimate how much you may need to save for retirement.
Should I Buy or Lease an Auto?
This calculator compares the financial impact of leasing versus buying an automobile.
Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
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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.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
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It May Be Time for a Financial Checkup
It’s never a bad time to speak with your financial professional about changes in your situation.
What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
The Business Cycle
How will you weather the ups and downs of the business cycle?
Extended Care: A Patchwork of Possibilities
What is your plan for health care during retirement?
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.