Your Financial End-of-Year Checklist: Insurance Planning, Estate Planning, and Other Considerations
Having a financial plan going into the new year is incredibly important to help you meet your financial goals and to ensure that you are adequately prepared. In this second installment of your end-of-year financial checklist, we will be discussing insurance planning, estate planning, and other key considerations for you to plan for.
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Your Financial End-of-Year Checklist: Investment Accounts, Tax Planning, and Savings & Contributions
The end of the year is a crucial time to review your finances, as there are time-sensitive financial planning strategies to consider before the clock strikes midnight on December 31. We want to share an end-of-year financial checklist to help you get a head start.
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What the Federal Reserve’s Rate Cuts Mean for You
With much attention on the Federal Reserve and interest rates recently, we want to dive deeper into what it means when the Fed cuts rates, how it affects the broader economy, and what potential investment implications you should consider.
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Do You Have an Employee Stock Purchase Plan? Then This Is for You.
A 401(k) match is additional money your employer adds to your 401(k) when you contribute a certain amount, up to a percentage of your salary. Some people refer to this as “free money”: you don’t have to anything to earn it other than contribute to your retirement plan. Another valuable source of this “free money” is an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). However, not many people use it. In fact, while many mid and large-size companies offer an ESPP, less than 50% of those eligible employees actually participate.
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5 Tips for HENRYs Looking to Optimize Their Next Dollar
Life pulls us in a million directions: careers, kids, houses, cars, taxes, vacation, income, weddings, retirement, groceries, side hustles, investments, aging parents, promotions, and job changes. Amidst it all, we try to make financially responsible decisions for ourselves and our families. We don’t want to compromise our lifestyle now, but we also can’t sacrifice building a plan for retirement. Ben Galloway, CFP® has put together an order of operations checklist related to what to do with your next dollar for HENRY's.
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