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How the Timing of Withdrawals Can Make or Break Your Portfolio

How the Timing of Withdrawals Can Make or Break Your Portfolio

January 4, 2023
The saying “timing is everything” rings especially true when you are ready to retire and plan to start withdrawing...
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Congress Passes Secure 2.0 Act Bringing Big Changes to Saving for Retirement

Congress Passes Secure 2.0 Act Bringing Big Changes to Saving for Retirement

January 2, 2023
At the end of 2022, Congress passed SECURE 2.0 Act legislation as part of a larger spending bill. SECURE...
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Year-end Planning: 5 Strategies to Maximize Savings While Reducing Your Taxable Income

Year-end Planning: 5 Strategies to Maximize Savings While Reducing Your Taxable Income

December 1, 2022
As the year wraps up, you’ve most likely met with your wealth advisor about tax-advantaged moves to make by...
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Discover Tax-Efficient Withdrawal Strategies During Retirement

Discover Tax-Efficient Withdrawal Strategies During Retirement

November 1, 2022
When you’re ready to take distributions from various accounts in retirement, it matters which accounts you withdraw from first...
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Simplifying the Retirement Plan Tax Credit for Start-Ups

Simplifying the Retirement Plan Tax Credit for Start-Ups

September 15, 2022
For start-up small businesses, establishing a retirement plan can be costly as well as resource and time prohibitive. Legislation...
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Helping Small Businesses Close the Retirement Coverage Gap

Helping Small Businesses Close the Retirement Coverage Gap

August 9, 2022
You see “Help Wanted” signs everywhere, but small-business owners historically have been at a disadvantage when it comes to...
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Strategies for Helping Employees Weather Market Volatility

Strategies for Helping Employees Weather Market Volatility

July 7, 2022
With ongoing market volatility negatively impacting your employees’ 401(k) balances, educating them on maintaining a long-term investing perspective is...
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5 Tips for Planning a Purpose-Based Retirement

5 Tips for Planning a Purpose-Based Retirement

July 4, 2022
People often spend more time planning a vacation or researching a car purchase than they do on how they’ll...
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Implementing Employee Education and Plan Design Strategies

Implementing Employee Education and Plan Design Strategies

June 6, 2022
How to Help Boost Employees’ Retirement Readiness Employers are more intent than ever to help employees address their...
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Financial Hypochondria: The Downside of Investment Vigilance

Financial Hypochondria: The Downside of Investment Vigilance

May 9, 2022
Plan sponsors invest much time and effort in improving employee financial literacy. They offer educational content, provide opportunities for...
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Assisted Living: 7 Strategies for Helping Your Parent Manage the Transition

Assisted Living: 7 Strategies for Helping Your Parent Manage the Transition

May 4, 2022
Do You See Your Parents’ Health Declining? The signs are there, although you may have tried to deny...
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Secure Act 2.0 Calls for Bumping Up Age for Required Minimum Distributions, Among Other Proposals

Secure Act 2.0 Calls for Bumping Up Age for Required Minimum Distributions, Among Other Proposals

May 1, 2022
Politicians across the aisle don’t agree on much, but the House recently passed bipartisan legislation that could dramatically change...
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