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Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.

Leaving Your Lasting Legacy
Want to do more with your wealth? You might want to consider creating a charitable foundation.

Disability Income
This calculator estimates your chances of becoming disabled and your potential need for disability insurance.
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.
Important Birthdays Over 50
Here's a look at several birthdays and “half-birthdays” that have implications regarding your retirement income.
Conquering Retirement Challenges for Women
Looking ahead can help you conquer these unique obstacles.
Healthcare Costs in Retirement
Without a solid approach, health care expenses may add up quickly and potentially alter your spending.
How Will You Be Remembered?
Estate planning is one of the best ways to leave a lasting legacy to your loved ones.
Financial Hacks for Millennials: Values-Based Investing
Millennials can opt to follow a values-based investing strategy to invest their money in conscientious ways.
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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.
Roth 401(k) vs. Traditional 401(k)
This calculator compares employee contributions to a Roth 401(k) and a traditional 401(k).
Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
Should I Pay Off Debt or Invest?
This calculator will help determine whether you should invest funds or pay down debt.
Saving for Retirement
This calculator can help you estimate how much you may need to save for retirement.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
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.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
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The Business Cycle
How will you weather the ups and downs of the business cycle?
Retirement and Quality of Life
Asking the right questions about how you can save money for retirement without sacrificing your quality of life.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
The Long Run: Women and Retirement
For women, retirement strategy is a long race. It’s helpful to know the route.
Retiring in a Post-Pandemic World
Imagine your ideal post-pandemic retirement with this animated video.
To Buy or Not to Buy
The decision whether to buy or rent a home may have long-term implications.