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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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Required Minimum Distributions

Estimate the annual required distribution from your traditional IRA or former employer's retirement plan after you turn age 70.

Roth IRA Conversion

This calculator can help you determine whether you should consider converting to a Roth IRA.

Cash Flow Analysis

This Cash Flow Analysis form will help you weigh your income vs. your expenses.

Federal Income Tax

This calculator can help you estimate your annual federal income tax liability.

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Save More to Have More

There's one solution to a retirement savings shortfall that is so simple you might never have given it serious consideration: Set aside more of your current income. Even if you believe that you are currently saving as much as possible toward retirement, you might change your mind after you run the numbers.

The Return of the Initial Public Offering

After a drought of initial public offerings over the past few years, the IPO market finally began to perk up in the second quarter of 2009.

HOT TOPIC: The Personal Saving Rate: What It Doesn't Mean to You

The term "personal saving rate" can be misleading. It doesn't define "saving" in the same way that most people do. What should the personal saving rate mean to you?

Love and Marriage and Retirement

More than 80% of married couples 45 to 72 say they don't agree on when they should retire, what their retirement lifestyle should look like, or whether they will work in retirement.

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