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Estate planning for Veterans
Estate PlanningFinancial Wellness 101

Essential Guide to Estate Planning for Veterans: Protecting Your Legacy

“Retirement is a blank sheet of paper. It is a chance to redesign your life into something new and different.” — Patrick Foley As a veteran, tailoring an estate plan

Strategies for avoiding forced Retirement
Financial Wellness 101Retirement Planning

Securing Your Future: 6 Strategies to Avoid Forced Retirement

As retirement approaches, many individuals envision a smooth transition into their golden years, enjoying the fruits of their labor. However, unforeseen circumstances or shifts in the economy can sometimes force

Maximizing Savings & Minimizing Liabilities
Financial Wellness 101Savings Strategies

Retirement Tax Planning Literacy: Maximizing Savings & Minimizing Liabilities

“Retirement is when you stop living at work and start working at living.” – Author Unknown Retirement should reward you, not tax you heavily. That is why you need to

Social Security Increase 2025
Financial Wellness 101Retirement Planning

A Larger Social Security Increase Next Year May Have Unintended Consequences!

The annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), announcement is just four months away. But it’s not too soon to begin reading the signs to mentally prepare for what could be

How to Protect Your Assets Against Loans
Financial Wellness 101Investment Strategies

Mind the GAP: How to Protect Your Assets Against Loans

“The best time to start saving for retirement is when you’re young. The second best time is today.” – Chris Hogan Are you considering guaranteed asset protection (GAP) insurance for

Investing in Oil & Gas
Financial Wellness 101Investment Strategies

Investing in Oil & Gas: A Wealthy Building Strategy

“It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.” – Robert Kiyosaki

Women's Empowerment
Financial Wellness 101

Leading the Bull: Women’s Empowerment and Influence in Financial Leadership

“Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.” – Sara Blakely, Founder of Spanx

How Raising the Retirement Age Could Help or Hurt Seniors
Financial Wellness 101Market Trends

How Raising the Retirement Age Could Help or Hurt Seniors

In this issue of our monthly newsletter, we’re taking a deep dive into an issue that’s been at the forefront of policy debates: raising the retirement age for Social Security.