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I bet you’ve never heard of Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (DEB). It’s a rare disease where a person’s skin falls off! Areas that are often rubbed, like your elbow from sitting at a table or your thighs from wearing pants, become a constant battle. It’s painful, and patients suffer from f …
Continue Reading! FWIS: April 13, 2021
The battle of the bands that’s played all year—growth vs. value —could keep blasting away in April as investors ponder rising Treasury yields, a reopening economy, and a Fed that’s staying on the sidelines. It’s a bit of a tug-of-war.
How to Finish Strong this Tax Planning Season
Like gardening or working out, tax planning is one of those activities where you get out of it what you put into it. Plenty of us have a weight bench gathering dust in the garage that hasn’t gotten us into any better shape, or a plot in the backyard that just won’t grow anything because …
How to Make Sense of Retirement and Estate Finance
Retirement is far off until it isn’t. This chapter of life can sneak up on just about anyone, and we do ourselves a favor to be as prepared as we can. Like anything involving the government, finances can be confusing, with different tax treatments, contribution limits, beneficiary rules and more.
Estate Planning for the Family Farm and Your Legacy
As a financial advisor who’s spent her career in the midwest, I’ve worked with more farm families than I can count. From buying new expensive equipment to riding out the drought years, there can be millions in play even on small family operations. Estate planning – splitting up the land bet …
CALLING ALL CLIENTS! Post Election Strategies: How to Protect Your Wealth and What to Watch on Main Street, Wall Street and in Washington, D.C.
Are you thinking about your retirement and how this election will impact you, your family and your wealth? If you have questions about the market and how to manage through 2020 and 2021, Debra Taylor has the key facts you need to know before making decisions.
Understanding Sequence of Returns Risk
One of the biggest risks facing any retirement income plan is sequence of returns. When you retire, you go from accumulation (saving for retirement needs) to decumulation (withdrawing from savings to meet retirement spending needs). If you experience a down market early in the decumulation …