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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Analysis (2025) | What Will it Mean for You?

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) represents one of the most extensive legislative overhauls to U.S. tax, healthcare, education, business law, and military and ...
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6 Actionable Ways To Set Up Wealth Management for Lawyers

As a lawyer, you’ve probably invested a great deal of time, money, and effort into building your career. Now, it’s time to make your money ...
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Financial Advisor for Doctors: 4 Helpful Stages To Get Advice

As a doctor, you probably already know that you are among the highest-earning professionals in the country, yet you may also face unique financial challenges ...
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6 Important Aspects of Wealth Management for Doctors 

Wealth management for doctors comes with several unique challenges. As a doctor, you typically spend your early years getting an expensive education, before dedicating the ...
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Retirement Planning For Doctors: 10 Customizable Options 

It almost goes without saying: retirement planning for doctors comes with a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Even if you currently have a high ...
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Goal-Based Financial Planning: 4 Powerful Perspectives to Help Improve Your Planning

In this final article of our series on questions to ask your financial planner during an annual review meeting, we will be looking at the ...
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7 Ethical Investment Options For Values-based Investing

If you’re a person who tries to bring your values into everything you do, why not include them in your investing as well?  As part ...
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Bona Fide Benefits Of Charitable Giving: And 3 Steps To Get You Started

Many people value the ability to give part of what they have earned to causes they deem worthy. Whether it’s to a local church, a ...
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3 Critical Age Ranges For Financial Milestones (And What To Focus On During Each One)

From the day you are born to the day you die, there are a huge variety of milestones you get to look forward to.  In ...
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Financial Advisor Meeting Checklist: Optimize Your Time with 16 Core Documents

Meeting with a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), especially for the first time, can be daunting. Previously, we posted an article breaking down pivotal questions to ...
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How To Improve Financial Wellness: 10 Timely Tips

Welcome back to our series on annual financial reviews.  Financial wellness looks at your financial security and freedom of choice, both in the present and ...
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Financial Planning For Families: 4 Strategic Areas to Focus On

In the previous article, we offered 7 key reasons to schedule an annual review with your certified financial planner (CFP®). Throughout the rest of the ...
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7 Quality Questions to Ask Your Financial Advisor During Annual Review Meetings 

An annual financial review is an opportunity to assess each contributing factor to your current financial situation and your future financial goals. While you can ...
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Financial Planning for Attorneys: 4 Powerful Steps to Find Your Flow

As an attorney, your professional life probably demands meticulous attention to detail, disciplined routines, and intense focus as you work hard for your clients and ...
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4 Effective Retirement Plans for Self-Employed Individuals

If you have chosen to be self-employed, you have already committed to a unique pathway, given that only 10% of the US workforce falls into ...
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5 Effective ESOP Tax Benefits for Small Business Owners

Many small business owners approach succession planning and retirement planning hungry for the fastest, simplest, and most immediately lucrative solution possible — a quick sale, ...
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How To Set Your Child Up for Financial Success in 2025

Having a child is life-changing for most first-time parents. All of a sudden, your emotional, physical, and financial efforts shift from your needs as individuals ...
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Risky Assets Exposed: 4 Historic Examples

The term “risky asset” usually refers to an investment that carries a significant chance of losing value. But here’s the truth: anything can be a ...
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Optimize Your Retirement Wealth Management Approach in 2025

Retirement wealth management is a phrase that’s becoming increasingly prominent in certain financial circles — particularly as more and more Americans enter retirement age. But ...
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RICP® Retirement Plan Consulting: 4 Certified Advantages

When it comes to retirement plan consulting, we believe that experience and specialization matter. It’s likely that your retirement years will be unlike any other ...
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