Understanding Today’s Financial Environment
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Contributing to an IRA?
Determine if you are eligible to contribute to a traditional or Roth IRA.
Long-Term-Care Needs
Determine your potential long-term care needs and how long your current assets might last.
Saving for Retirement
This calculator can help you estimate how much you may need to save for retirement.
Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
Roth 401(k) vs. Traditional 401(k)
This calculator compares employee contributions to a Roth 401(k) and a traditional 401(k).
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Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
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A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List
That big list of dreams and goals isn't the only way to look at your bucket list.
Should You Ever Retire?
A growing number of Americans are pushing back the age at which they plan to retire. Or deciding not to retire at all.
The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime. Are you prepared?
What Our Kids Can Teach us About Saving Money
Would you guess that Millennials are effectively saving for retirement? Well, they are.
It May Be Time for a Financial Checkup
It’s never a bad time to speak with your financial advisor about changes in your situation.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?