August Recap and September Outlook For most of the summer, increasingly positive data releases fed...
Financial Planning
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Understanding Income Taxes
You’re likely familiar with the term “income tax” - whether from filing your own taxes or keeping up to date on the news. Taxes are an integral part of our economy, and every citizen has to pay them. Despite the prevalence of taxes in modern day society, many people...
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Tips to Help You File Your Taxes Like a Pro
First - Here are Important tax dates to remember Tax season is filled with dates and deadlines, but here are some you should definitely keep in mind: January 2023 marks the beginning of the 2022 tax season. This is when the IRS will start accepting and processing...
3 Personal Finance Rules to Know
First - Use a simple budgeting method like the 50/30/20 rule. There are a few variations of this rule, but it's designed to make the budgeting process easy. Take your after tax monthly income and divide into 3 simple categories: 50% for needs 30% for wants 20% for...
Tips for Retiring in a Volatile Market
Retirement during a volatile market is unsettling. Whether you are on the cusp or have already made the leap, a market downturn’s impact on your savings will be felt now and potentially for years to come. Here are a few tips to help you keep your plan on track and...
Retiring in a Volatile Market: Control What You Can
Retiring in a Volatile Market: Control What You Can With contributions from Mark Essenfeld, CFP®, AIF® Retirement during a volatile market is unsettling. Whether you are on the cusp or have already made the leap, a market downturn’s impact on your savings will be...
March Market Commentary – Why Aren’t Rate Hikes Working?
February Recap and March Outlook If there's an aphorism for February that you could embroider on a pillow, it would be, "The more things change, the more they remain the same." Markets appear to have finally started taking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's...
Tips for Achieving a Comfortable Retirement Savings Plan
Tips for Achieving a Comfortable Retirement Savings Plan Although most of us recognize the importance of sound retirement planning, few of us embrace the nitty-gritty work involved. With thousands of investment possibilities, complex rules governing retirement plans,...
February Market Commentary – Powell’s Not Done
January Recap and February Outlook The market adage is “as January goes, so goes the year.” Is it true? According to an analysis by Fidelity, January returns are positive about 75% of the time the full year turns out positive. The rally was certainly a relief after...
Everything You Need to Know About the SECURE Act 2.0
Everything You Need to Know About the SECURE Act 2.0 Retirement. It’s one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, stressors for those in the working world. Are you saving enough? What’s happening to Social Security? How can you know? While those questions may not have...
How Successful People Save Money
How Successful People Save Money For many of us, discovering the key to monetary success has been an elusive lifelong quest. And while the simplest way to be financially successful is to be born into wealth, most of us don’t have that advantage. (We promise “be born...
Holiday Budgeting Hacks
Holiday Budgeting Hacks The holidays are meant to be magical and full of joy and cheer. However, they can also be expensive, which makes them a stressful time of the year for many people. There’s a lot of pressure to buy the best gifts, take pricey trips, and cook...