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- Time to Get Tax-Savvy: Managing Your Tax Burden
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Research Articles
- What Key Estate Planning Tools Should I Know About?
- How Can a Living Trust Help Me Control My Estate?
- What Are the Pitfalls of Probate?
- How Can My Gift Benefit Me and the Charity?
- How Can I Build and Preserve My Estate?
- How Can I Control the Distribution of My Estate?
- How Will I Pay Estate Taxes?
- Can I Benefit from an A-B Trust?
- What Gifting Strategies Are Available to Me?
- How Can I Benefit from a Charitable Lead Trust?
- How Can I Benefit from a Charitable Remainder Trust?
- How Can I Benefit from a Wealth Replacement Trust?
- Could My Family Benefit from a Family Limited Partnership?
- What Is the Best Form of Property Ownership for Me?
- What Is the History of the Federal Estate Tax?
- What Is a SEP IRA?
- What Is a SIMPLE?
- What Is an IRA Rollover?
- What Is a Roth 401(k)?
- What Is a Profit-Sharing Plan?
- What Is a Money Purchase Pension Plan?
- What Is a 403(b) Plan?
- Why Do People Buy Annuities?
- What Is a Split-Annuity Strategy?
- What Are Annuity Living Benefits?
- How Much Do I Need to Save?
- A New Chapter for Retirement
- What Is a 1035 Exchange?
- Unforgettable Birthdays
- Should You Bank Your Retirement on Your Business?
- What Are My Retirement Planning Options?
- Will Social Security Retire Before You Do?
- How Can I Estimate My Future Social Security Benefits?
- What Is a Self-Employed Retirement Plan?
- What Is an Indexed Annuity?
- What Are My Retirement Plan Distribution Options?
- What Is a Traditional IRA?
- What Is a 401(k) Plan?
- How Should I Manage My Retirement Plan?
- Save Now or Save Later?
- What Is a Roth IRA?
- What Is the Capital Gain Tax?
- What Is the Estate Tax?
- What Is the Gift Tax?
- How Much Money Can I Put Into My IRA or Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan?
- What Is a Required Minimum Distribution?
- What Are the Tax Benefits of Charitable Trusts?
- When Must Taxes Be Paid on IRA and Employer-Sponsored Retirement Funds?
- What Happens If I Withdraw Money from My Tax-Deferred Investments Before Age 59½
- What Is Tax Deferral?
- How Can I Benefit from Tax-Advantaged Investments?
- What Tax Deductions Are Still Available to Me?
- What Tax-Advantaged Alternatives Are Available?
- What Is the Most Tax-Efficient Way to Take a Distribution From a Retirement Plan
- Is There Such a Thing as a Tax-Free Investment?
- How Can I Keep More of My Mutual Fund Profits?
- How Can I Upgrade My Insurance — Tax-Free?
- What Is the Tax History of the United States?
- How Are Annuities Taxed?
- What Is a Bond Ladder?
- How Are Common and Preferred Stocks Different?
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- How Are Growth and Value Stocks Different?
- How Are Mutual Funds Taxed?
- What Is Stock?
- What Are Zero-Coupon Bonds?
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- What Types of Bonds Are Available?
- What Is a Bond?
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- How Do Mutual Funds and Stocks Differ?
- What Is a Mutual Fund?
- What Is a Closed-End Fund?
- What Is a Mutual Fund Load?
- What Is an Annuity?
- What Is the Difference Between a Fixed Annuity and a Variable Annuity?
- What Investment Risks Should I Know About?
- What Are the Different Classes of Assets?
- What Is Asset Allocation?
- How Can I Save for My Child’s College Education?
- What College Investment Options Do I Have?
- What Stock and Bond Investing Alternatives Do I Have?
- What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging?
- 529 Lesson Plan: High Scores for 529 Plans
- What Are Some Tips for Managing My Money?
- How Long Will It Take to Double My Money?
- What Cash Management Tools Are Available?
- How Do Money Market Mutual Funds Work?
- How Can I Better Manage My Short-Term Cash?
- What Advantages Does a Biweekly Mortgage Offer?
- What Is a Reverse Mortgage?
- What Are Some Smart Ways to Refinance?
- What About Financial Aid for College?
- What Savings Alternatives Are Available?
- How Does Inflation Affect Me?
- Is a Home Equity Loan or Line of Credit Right for Me?
- Why Purchase Life Insurance?
- Why Are Annuities Considered an Insurance Product?
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- What Is Life Insurance for Business Owners?
- What Is Split-Dollar Life Insurance?
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- What Is Disability Income Insurance for Business Owners?
- What Is Term Life Insurance?
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- What Is Universal Life Insurance?
- What Is Variable Life Insurance?
- What Are the Main Types of Auto Insurance?
- How Do I Make a Property Insurance Claim?
- How Can I Maximize My Insurance Benefits?
- How Can I Insure My Future?
- How Can I Protect My Home?
- Do I Need Disability Income Insurance?
- What Types of Health Coverage Are Available?
- How Can I Extend My Liability Coverage?
- What Is the Difference Between an HMO and a PPO?
- How Can I Determine the Financial Strength of My Insurance Company?
- Am I Prepared for Long-Term Care Expenses?
- What Does Medicare Cover?
- How Likely Am I to Need Long-Term Care?
- What Are the Basic Types of Life Insurance?
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Videos
- What Is Socially Responsible Investing?
- SPACs in the Spotlight
- A Tiered Investment Strategy
- Saving for College with a 529 Plan
- Handling Market Volatility
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- Leaving Your Employer? Don’t Forget Your Retirement Savings Plan
- Digital Deception: Watch Out for Cybercrime
- Decrypting Crypto: Terms to Know
- Curious About NFTs? Here's an Introduction
- Medical Debt and Your Credit Report: Relief Has Arrived
- ETFs vs. Mutual Funds: What's the Difference?
- Your Retirement Savings Plan Comes with Tax Benefits
- Pay Down Loan or Invest
- Cryptocurrency: An Introduction
- Securities-Based Lending
- The Road to Retirement Can Begin at Work
- Secure 2.0 Act Seeks to Boost Retirement Readiness
- The Cost of Waiting to Invest: Effect on Your Wallet Today
- The Cost of Waiting to Invest: Effect on Your Wallet Tomorrow
- Roth IRA Basics
- The Fed's Rate Moves and Inflation
- Wealth-Building Strategies for HENRYs
- New Simplified FAFSA for 2024-2025
- Should You Pay Off Debt or Save for Retirement?
- Should You Sell When the Market Drops?
- 3 Potential Benefits of Dollar-Cost Averaging
- The Basics of Social Security Retirement Benefits
- Financial Planning: Helping You See the Big Picture
- Stocks and Stock Mutual Funds 101
- Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds 101
- The Pros and Cons of a Big Tax Refund
- Are Your Investment Decisions Influenced by Emotions?
- 6 Reasons to Work with a Financial Professional
- Women and Money: Taking Charge of Your Financial Future
- Putting Together the Retirement Income Puzzle
- Social Security: When Should You Claim Retirement Benefits?
- How Sequence of Returns Can Affect Your Retirement Savings
- Taking a Financial Inventory
- 3 Factors to Consider When Investing for the Long Term
- 4 Things To Do in the 4 Years Before College
- Taking a Closer Look at Target Date Funds
- The Latte Habit
- Do You Know Who Your Beneficiaries Are?
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