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Budgeting After a Divorce
Divorce is the second most stressful time in a person's life. Here's some tips to get through it.
Do You Owe The AMT?
If you want to avoid potential surprises at tax time, it may make sense to know where you stand when it comes to the AMT.
Test Your Estate Strategy Knowledge
Estate management can help ensure that your assets are transferred according to your wishes while managing tax issues.
The Half Million Dollar Baby
The true cost of raising a child may be far more than you expect.
Six Most Overlooked Tax Deductions
Six overlooked tax deductions to help manage your tax bill.
Insurance Needs Assessment: When You're Young and Single
Even if you’re young and single, you should still consider protecting yourself.
Understanding the Basics of Medigap Policies
Important as it is, Medicare does not cover the full range of health-care expenses you may experience in your golden years.
What’s Your Investment IQ?
You make decisions for your portfolio, but how much do you really know about the products you buy? Try this quiz
How Financial Advisors Are Compensated
Read this overview to learn how financial advisors are compensated.
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Can I Refinance My Mortgage?
This calculator can help determine whether it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.
Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal tax liability.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you have the potential to earn during your working years.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Tax Management Strategies
Learn more about taxes, tax-favored investing, and tax strategies.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
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The Good Ship IPO
The seas of the market are constantly shifting. Whether the good ship IPO can set sail may depend heavily on the tides.
What Smart Investors Know
Smart investors take the time to separate emotion from fact.
18 Years Worth of Days
The average retirement lasts for 18 years. Are you prepared to fill that many days?
Should I Invest in Gold?
Learning more about gold and its history may help you decide whether it has a place in your portfolio.
Tuning Your Social Security Benefit
When should you take your Social Security benefit?
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Lifestyle inflation can be the enemy of wealth building. What could happen if you invested instead of buying more stuff?