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Helpful Content
Social Security: Two Benefit Strategies Eliminated
Here are several important changes to Social Security that may impact how and when you can begin taking income benefits.
To Catch a Thief
Having your identity stolen may result in financial loss plus the cost of trying to restore your good name.
Tuning Your Social Security Benefit
When should you take your Social Security benefit?
What Is a Stretch IRA?
If you have a traditional IRA, you may have the opportunity to extend its tax-deferred status across multiple generations.
What Do Your Taxes Pay For?
Here's a breakdown of how the federal government spends your tax money.
Women and Financial Strategies
Most women don’t shy away from the day-to-day financial decisions, but some may be leaving their future to chance.
The Pre-Retirement Checklist
This checklist can give you a quick snapshot of how prepared you are.
Insurance Needs Assessment: When You're Newly Married
Marriage changes everything, including your insurance needs.
Choices for Your 401(k) at a Former Employer
Individuals have three basic choices with the 401(k) account they accrued at a previous employer.
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Comparing Mortgage Terms
Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
Estimate Your RMD
Help determine the required minimum distribution from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan.
Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal tax liability.
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Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
Tax Management Strategies
Learn more about taxes, tax-favored investing, and tax strategies.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
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Social Security: By the Numbers
Here are five facts about Social Security that might surprise you.
Coaches
Coaches have helped you your whole life, in ways big and small. We’d like to be one of them.
A Fruitful Retirement: Social Security Benefit
Taking your Social Security benefits at the right time may help maximize your benefit.
Bursting the Bubble
Tulips were the first, but they won’t be the last. What forms a “bubble” and what causes them to burst?
Events on Wall Street
Can successful investors predict changes in the markets? Some can but others miss the market’s signals.
Should You Invest in Exchange Traded Funds?
There are hundreds of ETFs available. Should you invest in them?