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Posted August 15, 2014
“I think most clients don’t really think to coordinate with the charity as to how they should be gifting. Most clients will just write a check or drop $50 in the collection jar.” —Rick Brooks, June 17 interview with InvestmentREAD MORE
Posted July 29, 2014
Rising Interest Rates I’ve been reading a lot about interest rates lately, and when mortgage rates set record lows last year, it was hard not to think that the cost of borrowing money had to go up at some point.READ MORE
Posted July 24, 2014
Phishing, pharming, pretexting, smishing – these are words that weren’t even in our vocabulary 10 years ago. These new words have been developed to describe different forms or methods of common financial scams. With financial scams being called the “crimeREAD MORE
Posted July 17, 2014
Despite a challenging first quarter and some decidedly mixed headlines during the second quarter, things have been looking up for investors. Stock markets looked to improving economic indications for guidance and shrugged off geopolitical concerns. Larger-cap U.S. stocks were upREAD MORE
Posted July 11, 2014
How Do Roth Conversions help build wealth? There are three ways Roth IRA Conversions help build wealth: One is by avoiding taxable Required Minimum Distributions, which begin at age 701/2 for traditional IRAs. Another is by allowing more of yourREAD MORE