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When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.

FIRE Retirement
This short, informative article teaches the basics of the FIRE movement.
Four Great, Unexpected Places to Raise a Family
Here are 4 great, and sometimes unexpected, places to raise a family.
Creative Ways to Motivate Your Employees
Five creative (and inexpensive) ideas for motivating your employees.
Four Steps to Valuing an Estate
Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.
Inflation & Your Money
It's important to understand how inflation is reported and how it can affect investments.
Retirement Income and the Traditional Portfolio
Experiencing negative returns early in retirement can potentially undermine the sustainability of your assets.
9 Facts About Social Security
There are things about Social Security that might surprise you.
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Assess Your Life Insurance Needs
This calculator estimates how much life insurance you would need to meet your family's needs if you were to die prematurely.
Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
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.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
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An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
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.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
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What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
A Bucket Plan to Go with Your Bucket List
A bucket plan can help you be better prepared for a comfortable retirement.
Perception vs. Reality
There’s an alarming difference between perception and reality for current and future retirees.
Dreaming Up an Active Retirement
When you retire, how will you treat your next chapter?
What Smart Investors Know
Savvy investors take the time to separate emotion from fact.