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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 If You Get Audited?
The chances of an IRS audit aren't that high. And being audited does not necessarily imply that the IRS suspects wrongdoing.
Building Your Legacy
A four-step framework for building a personal legacy.
Put It in a Letter
A letter of instruction provides additional and more personal information regarding your estate.
Choosing a Business Structure
Entrepreneurs all face the same question, “Which business structure should I adopt?”
Do You Owe The AMT?
If you want to avoid potential surprises at tax time, it may make sense to know where you stand when it comes to the AMT.
Making Sense Of A Home Warranty
Understanding the value of a home warranty.
Mutual Funds vs. ETFs
Exchange-traded funds have some things in common with mutual funds, but there are differences, too.
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Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
Saving for Retirement
This calculator can help you estimate how much you may need to save for retirement.
Social Security Taxes
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be considered taxable.
Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.
Can I Refinance My Mortgage?
This calculator can help determine whether it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.
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Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
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.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
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Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Inflation and Your Portfolio
Even low inflation rates can pose a threat to investment returns.
Jane Bond: Scaling the Ladder
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, uncovering the mystery of bond laddering.
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?
When Markets React
When markets shift, experienced investors stick to their strategy.