
Insights
Category: Wealth Strategy

November 15, 2024
Getting the Most from Your Google Benefits
Google provides an extensive range of benefits that can enhance your wealth, manage risk, and secure your future. By integrating Google’s compensation, retirement, and health benefits into your financial plan, you can better align these offerings with your long-term goals. Equity Awards Google’s stock units (GSUs) can be a powerful tool for achieving financial objectives. [...]

Contributions from: Katie Berntson, CFP®

October 29, 2024
Creating a Family Wealth Charter: Your Roadmap to Lasting Family Prosperity
Wealth is more than just money—it’s about security, opportunities, and legacy. But preserving and growing that wealth across generations requires a proactive plan. Enter the family wealth charter, a personalized document that lays out your family’s financial goals, values, and a structure for decision-making. It’s not just about handling assets, but about ensuring everyone in [...]


Contributions from: Kurt Biederman, JD, Patrick Corcorran

October 29, 2024
Long Term Care Planning
Whether you are part of the “sandwich generation” ― caring for both your kids and your parents ― or you are aging yourself, eventually some form of long-term care may be necessary in your family. Morningstar reports that 70 percent of those who turn 65 will need long-term care at some point in their lives, [...]

Contributions from: Vonie Bright, CFP®

October 21, 2024
Getting the Most from Your Amazon Benefits
Amazon provides generous company benefits that can help you build wealth, manage risk, and secure your future. It’s important to consider how to best integrate the additional compensation, retirement, and health benefits into your financial plan. Equity Awards Your grants of Amazon restricted stock units (RSUs) can help increase your cash flow or meet long-term [...]

Contributions from: Katie Berntson, CFP®

October 11, 2024
Getting the Most from Your Microsoft Benefits
Microsoft (MSFT) offers a comprehensive suite of benefits that can help employees build wealth, manage risk, and secure their financial future. It’s important to optimize these benefits by integrating them into your overall financial plan. Open Enrollment in early November provides the perfect opportunity to review and make decisions about your health, retirement, and other [...]

Contributions from: Anne Marie Stonich, CFP®, CPA

October 2, 2024
Should You Redeem Your Series I Bonds? Here’s What to Consider:
Series I Bonds, also known as I Bonds, are a type of savings bond issued by the U.S. Treasury that offer investors a very low-risk investment vehicle option with a unique combination of a fixed rate and a variable inflation rate that is updated every six months. A couple of years ago, when inflation was [...]


Contributions from: Darren Ritchie, CFA®, CAIA®, Anne Marie Stonich, CFP®, CPA

September 3, 2024
Maximizing Your Employer Benefits
For most Americans who work for an employer, autumn is open enrollment period. While it’s easy to simply adopt last year’s elections, you may want to take a second look. To maximize your savings, reexamine the benefits available to you. The following are some tips to help you make the most of your benefits to [...]

Contributions from: Larissa Vidal, CFP®

September 3, 2024
Save More for Retirement with Your Health Savings Account
As you plan for retirement, consider using one of the best options for building tax-advantaged savings – a Health Savings Account (HSA). An HSA is a medical savings account available to anyone enrolled in an HSA-compatible high-deductible health plan (HDHP). For the year 2024, the IRS defines an HDHP as a plan with a deductible of at [...]

Contributions from: Eric Schuehle

August 30, 2024
10 Most Common Questions About 529 Savings Plans
A 529 Savings Plan is a tax-advantaged account used to pay for qualified education expenses. Contributions are typically invested in target-date funds, which gradually shift toward a more conservative allocation as the beneficiary nears college age and will need to begin making withdrawals. You may be considering a 529 for your child, grandchild, or another [...]



Contributions from: Katie Berntson, CFP®, Heather Kessler, CFP®, Alexandra Lambert
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