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Comparing Investments
This calculator compares the net gain of a taxable investment versus a tax-favored one.
A Fruitful Retirement: Social Security Benefit
Taking your Social Security benefits at the right time may help maximize your benefit.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
The Basics of Medicare
Learn all about Medicare basics in this informative and insightful article.
Pay Yourself First
It sounds simple, but paying yourself first can really pay off.
Putting a Price Tag On Your Health
Being healthy not only makes you feel good, it may also help you financially.
What Can You Buy With 529 Distributions?
This article can be a helpful guide when begin preparing for education expenses.
Pullbacks, Corrections, and Bear Markets
Pullbacks, corrections, and bear markets are all a part of the investing cycle. When the market experiences volatility, it may be a good time to review these common terms.
Does Your Credit Score Affect Your Insurance Rates?
Your credit score may influence how much you pay for auto and home insurance.
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Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.
What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
Disability Income
This calculator estimates your chances of becoming disabled and your potential need for disability insurance.
Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
How Compound Interest Works
Use this calculator to better see the potential impact of compound interest on an asset.
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5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
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.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
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.
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The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime. Are you prepared?
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?
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
Forecast
The market is as unpredictable as the weather. We’d love to help you prepare.
How to Retire Early
Retiring early sounds like a dream come true, but it’s important to take a look at the cold, hard facts.