Certified Public Accountant, Personal Financial Specialist
Welcome to our Web site, where you’ll find a wealth of information in the form of newsletter articles, calculators, and research reports.
We hope your visit will help you understand the opportunities and potential rewards that are available when you take a proactive approach to your personal financial situation. We have created this Web site to help you gain a better understanding of the financial concepts behind insurance, investing, retirement, estate planning, and wealth preservation. Most important, we hope you see the value of working with skilled professionals to pursue your financial goals.
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Newsletters
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Moving to Another State? Consider These Tax Moves
Moving to a new state may have tax consequences that can follow you long after you settle in.
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Medicare or Medicaid?
It’s easy to confuse Medicare and Medicaid, but there are important differences between the programs.
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Making It Make Sense: The Roth 5-Year Rule
Understanding the Roth 5-year rule is essential to maintaining the tax advantaged treatment of Roth account assets.
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Index Funds: Traditional and Not-So-Traditional
While all index funds attempt to track the performance of a market index, there are hundreds of indexes and at least two alternate approaches to traditional indexing.
Calculators
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Home Affordability
Estimate of the maximum amount of financing you can expect to get when you begin house hunting.
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Net Worth
A balance sheet summarizes your assets and liabilities and reveals your net worth.
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Life Insurance
How much life insurance would you need to produce a sufficient income stream for your family?
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Mortgage Acceleration
This calculator can help you determine how soon you can pay off your mortgage.