Creating a Retirement Strategy

Creating a Retirement Strategy

Creating a Retirement Strategy Most people just invest for the future. You have a chance to do more. Across the country, people are saving for that “someday” called retirement. Someday, their careers will end. Someday, they may live off their savings or investments,...
Measuring the Value of a Financial Advisor

Measuring the Value of a Financial Advisor

Measuring the Value of a Financial Advisor One study asserts that these relationships can make a difference for investors. What is a relationship with a financial advisor worth to an investor? A 2019 study by Vanguard, one of the world’s largest money managers,...
Can You Put Your IRA into a Trust?

Can You Put Your IRA into a Trust?

Can You Put Your IRA into a Trust? What you should know about naming an IRA beneficiary. Can your IRA be put directly into a trust? In short, no. Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) cannot be put directly into a trust. What you can do, however, is name a trust as...
Coping with College Loans

Coping with College Loans

Coping with College Loans Paying them down and managing their financial impact. Total student loan debt in America is now around $1.6 trillion. Since 2008, it has more than doubled. Federal Reserve data states that 44.7 million Americans are dealing with lingering...
Ways to Repair Your Credit Score

Ways to Repair Your Credit Score

Ways to Repair Your Credit Score Steps to get your credit rating back toward 720. We all know the value of a good credit score. We all try to maintain one. Sometimes, though, life throws us a financial curveball and that score declines. What steps can we take to...