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Social Security: The \$64,000 Question
One of the most common questions people ask about Social Security is when they should start taking benefits.
Rebalancing Your Portfolio
Over time, different investments' performances can shift a portfolio’s intent and risk profile. Rebalancing may be critical.
What is the Value of Your Business?
Ascertaining the value of your business is important for a variety of reasons.
Systematic Withdrawals in Retirement
Taking regular, periodic withdrawals during retirement can be quite problematic.
Understanding Marginal Income Tax Brackets
An inside look at how marginal income tax brackets work.
Does Your Portfolio Fit Your Retirement Lifestyle?
Lifestyle considerations in creating your retirement portfolio.
Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date
Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."
Strategies For Managing Student Loan Debt
Five strategies for managing your student debt.
What You Should Do About Insurance Following a Divorce
In the face of divorce, making changes to insurance coverage may be overlooked.
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What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
How Much Home Can I Afford?
With a few simple inputs you can estimate how much of a mortgage you may be able to obtain.
What Is the Dividend Yield?
This calculator helps determine your pre-tax and after-tax dividend yield on a particular stock.
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).
Comparing Investments
This calculator compares the net gain of a taxable investment versus a tax-favored one.
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5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Tax Management Strategies
Learn more about taxes, tax-favored investing, and tax strategies.
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What to Do When You Lose Your Wallet
Ever lost your wallet? Frustrating. Here’s what you can do to keep yourself safe.
The Power of Compound Interest
Learn how to harness the power of compound interest for your investments.
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
Will You Pay the AMT?
Despite recent tax-law changes, many Americans are expected to pay the AMT this year.
Should You Invest in Exchange Traded Funds?
There are hundreds of ETFs available. Should you invest in them?
Women and Retirement
Women must be ready to spend, on average, more years in retirement than men.