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New RMD Rule

Nicole Standen

The age at which you must start taking required minimum distributions or RMD’s from your tax defferred retirement accounts has been raised. In this video I’ll be discussing how you can navigate the new RMD rule and make the most of your retirement plan.

Categories: Education
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Retirement Plan Mistakes

Thad Schlaud

Are you making mistakes in your retirement planning without even realizing it? In this video I’ll cover the top 4 retirement planning mistakes to avoid so you can enjoy your golden years without scrimping in the meantime.

Categories: News

First Quarter 2023 Review and Outlook

David Martin

As you’ve likely seen, there was plenty of drama driving the markets in the first quarter 2023, culminating in bank worries that sent volatility higher and stock prices lower. The headlines over the first three months of the year were beyond scary. They started with consensus among economists that recession…

Categories: The Market
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Teaching Financial Independence

Chad Wotton

Making the transition from High School to college involves making several very key important financial decisions . It’s important to teach your child the impact of financial loans on their future and how to make smart financial decisions while in college.

Categories: Education

FTX Was Waving the Same Madoff Red Flags

Thad Schlaud

In the span of just a few days, cryptocurrency exchange FTX – the world’s third largest cryptocurrency exchange with more than 1 million users – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A few days later, cryptocurrency lender BlockFi announced that it was “not able to do business as usual” and paused…

Categories: Industry Ideas, News

Your Retirement Planning: “Too Big to Fail”

Thad Schlaud

Many of us remember the phrase “too big to fail” from the 2008 financial crisis and cringe now that its use has been resurrected during the coronavirus pandemic. Others remember that the term was also used in 1984 by U.S. Congressman Stewart McKinney when he talked about the FDIC’s intervention…

Categories: Industry Ideas, The Market

Most Investors Perceive Losses as More Impactful

Thad Schlaud

When managing personal finances and investments, people frequently exhibit irrational behavior for different reasons. If you’re one of these folks, be fair to yourself: It doesn’t even take a spate of market zigzags like we saw recently to prod you into questionable decisions. Everyone makes choices about money nearly every…

Categories: The Market