What exactly does it mean to “fully” protect your financial future?
Life insurance can be an ultimate security blanket, but how do you know if you’re buying it for the right reasons and from the right person?
Infographic: Buy it for the right reasons... Life insurance is a family's ultimate security blanket.
Summer’s finally here. The sun is out, it’s warm, the days are longer, and your worries seem just a little bit further away. But, folks, I’m sorry to say, sometimes storms roll in on the sunniest of days. And if I’m honest, the world is a bit of a scary place at the moment, with politics impacting the economic climate, and warmer temperatures affecting agriculture all around the world, the future is perhaps not as...
Imagine the following scenario: You run a successful business with your business partner of 20 years. Your business partner dies unexpectedly. After the funeral, your deceased partner’s spouse shows up at your office with her two grown children. They ask for the key to your partner’s office – not to clean it out, but to move in. They are your new partner, whether you like it or not. That is the nightmare scenario business owners...
Because there isn’t a one-size-fits-all plan that could possibly fit the unique needs of every family, risk management is a process that focuses on the problem of risk at every level of a family’s lifestyle in order to ultimately arrive at a solution for each. Each risk calls for separate measures, which usually require separate forms of insurance. Because risks at the higher levels often require specialized methods and tools, the process involves a collaboration...
A home is a place to rest your head, to create memories, and to cook dinner. It’s where your pets are—your family. What people most often forget about their home is that it’s also your most valuable financial asset. And, if one of your financial goals includes a testamentary gift to charity, while also receiving substantive income tax deductions, this asset is important. What’s unique about your home as an asset is you can use...
Over the last 2 decades, it has not mattered whether you owned U.S. bond mutual funds or a portfolio of individual bonds. Interest rates were going down and stayed down. So both bond mutual funds & individual bonds delivered consistent income, some growth, and a counterbalance to stock market volatility. Last December the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by .25%, and it is likely the Fed will do so again this December. Safe to say...
The figures out last year show that the average amount of student loan debt a student graduates with is a little more than $35,000. Most graduates are carrying multiple student loans from multiple sources, and the cost and complexity of managing them can become overwhelming, especially if they are unable to secure steady employment with sufficient cash flow to make the payments. One option that has always been available to indebted graduates is a college...
Business owners have a tremendous opportunity to generate significant rewards from a business in which they have invested heavily. However, as with any opportunity with the potential for great rewards, there are great risks, many of which have the potential to create a serious financial hardship on a business. Transferring those risks to an insurance company makes the most sense for business owners. However, because of the myriad risks business owners face, the world of...
