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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.

4 Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities
Planning for a child with special needs can be complicated, confusing, and even overwhelming.

New Retirement Contribution Limits for 2023
A look at the new, record-high retirement contribution limits from the IRS.
9 Facts About Retirement
Regardless of how you approach retirement, there are some things about it that might surprise you.
The Value of Insuring Against Life’s Risks
Building wealth requires protection from the forces of wealth destruction.
Term to Perm Life Insurance Conversion Tips
There are many types of life insurance policies that can help protect you and your family. Term life insurance can be an attractive choice for millennials who are...
Insurance Needs of Small Business Owners
The dreams of small business owners and the business plans that outline the strategy to fulfill those dreams rarely include the insurance protections that business owners will need. Yet, having adequate protection can...
Business Boosters: Can Your Business Survive Without You?
If you didn't show up tomorrow, would your employees be able to go it alone?
The (Other) Talk: Preparing Your Parents for Retirement
For much of our lives, our parents are the ones who have to bring up uncomfortable topics. (Just think back — and squirm — to their birds and bees talk. Awkward, right?) But once we become adults, sometimes it’s our turn to start sensitive conversations.
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Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you have the potential to earn during your working years.
Should I Buy or Lease an Auto?
This calculator compares the financial impact of leasing versus buying an automobile.
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.
Comparing Mortgage Terms
Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
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Investments
You’ve made investments your whole life. Work with us to help make the most of them.
Bursting the Bubble
Tulips were the first, but they won’t be the last. What forms a “bubble” and what causes them to burst?
The Business Cycle
How will you weather the ups and downs of the business cycle?
The Power of Tax-Deferred Growth
Why are 401(k) plans, annuities, and IRAs so popular?
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Lifestyle inflation can be the enemy of wealth building. What could happen if you invested instead of buying more stuff?
Dreaming Up an Active Retirement
When you retire, how will you treat your next chapter?