Each year we help our clients distribute their Required Minimum Distributions, or RMDs, from their retirement accounts. Also, each year, we get the question, “How is my RMD calculated?” It’s a straightforward calculation, so let’s dive in: First, you need to find the...
We recently started working with another family that has a child with some special needs. They had already done a solid job of planning for this child and were building on the good work they had done with their previous financial professional. We were reviewing the...
A question that comes up when meeting a new family is “How do you charge?” This is a great question, because we certainly do not work for free, nor do our clients expect us to. There are several ways that a firm like ours can charge. Each method has its’ advantages...
Good habits can make our everyday experiences more positive and our progress towards long-term goals more tangible. But the most effective habits don't just add to our to-do lists. They create a cascading effect that helps us accomplish things more effectively and...
Market volatility can make anyone nervous, especially in our always-on, 24/7 news cycle. When some of our more experienced team members were first starting out in finance, average investors typically checked in on their accounts once or twice a quarter when their...
Kyle and Jenn purchased a historic home in the northeast. Owning a historic home can be a bit like the opening line of “A Tale of Two Cities”. If you don’t get the reference, you can hit Google after we are done. But Kyle and Jenn realized after living there a couple...
Several weeks ago, the US stock market experienced some turbulence. In fact, in the span of just a few days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average saw a decline of 2,000 points give or take, or about 5%. I was at a party somewhere about that time, and someone who knows...
I was at a dinner party on Saturday night and during a conversation, another guest became aware that I work as a financial advisor. Upon hearing this information he asked, “What company do you work for?” This is a reasonable question since all manner of financial...
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication," proclaimed an Apple Computer marketing brochure back in 1977. In the ensuing decades, Steve Jobs' commitment to this ideal resulted in technology products that were as beautiful as they were easy use, and in Apple becoming...
We have a client whose mother passed away at the beginning of the year. She was a beneficiary of her mother’s IRA, and we helped her move the inherited funds into a beneficiary IRA in her name. Because of her mother’s age, we asked if her mother took her full IRA...