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Retirement Planning

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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Retirement Planning

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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Financial Planning

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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Investment Services

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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Retirement Planning

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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Retirement Planning

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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Financial Planning

Taxes Have Consequences… Unless You’re Ultra Rich? [2025 Tax Day Thoughts]

Is it really true that taxes have consequences? The phrase has the kind of ring you might associate with an unquestionable Newtonian law of physics ...

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Financial Planning

How to Find an Effective Client Advisor: 3 Green Flags

When it comes to financial planning, investing, and wealth management, finding the right client advisor can be one of the most important decisions you make. ...

Retirement Planning

5 Factors to Consider When Planning for Retirement

In modern America, retirement planning can feel like one of life’s biggest financial milestones: a cultural rite of passage everyone in their 40s, 50s and ...

Retirement Planning

Retirement Planning for Dummies: 3 Critical Principles

What’s the point of knowing how to do something if you have no idea why you’re doing it? This question is the heart behind our ...

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Financial Planning

Year-End Tax Planning for Small Business Owners: 4 Ideal Strategies to Consider

With 2024 over and tax season upon us once more, business owners like you have an opportunity to assess your financial health and implement last-minute ...

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Retirement Planning

Does Long Term Care Insurance Pay for Assisted Living? [IPF Q&A]

Does long term care insurance pay for assisted living? This could be a million-dollar question… or a several-thousand-dollar question, depending on your insurance coverage, and ...

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Financial Planning

How Do You Become A Fiduciary? (Constructive Changes in 2025)

“Fiduciary” might sound like a buzzword in the financial planning world, but rest assured it’s a word that deserves its reputation — and if the ...

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Financial Planning

Why Are Nursing Homes So Expensive? Answers & Strategies for 2025

The cost of nursing homes has reached staggering heights in recent years, leaving families across the country struggling to afford quality care for their aging ...

Financial Planning

Financial Planning for Couples: 3 Critical Principles

Couples’ financial planning in the age of the individual could feel like navigating uncharted, stormy seas; where do you even start? The answer could be simpler ...

Investment Services

Wealth Management for Physicians: 4 Non-Negotiables

Physicians dedicate their lives to caring for others, often at the cost of long hours and the everpresent burden of navigating an emotionally and intellectually ...

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Financial Planning

Rethinking Financial Resilience in 2024: A Mindset Shift

When we think of the words ‘financial resilience,’ it’s easy to default to conventional thinking on the subject, i.e. the importance of building an emergency ...

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Retirement Planning

What is the COLA increase for 2025? (Practical Guide)

Each year, the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) — not to be confused with the globally recognized pop drink — becomes a key topic for retirees and ...

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Investment Services

Wealth Management for Professional Athletes: Building a Legacy Beyond the Game

For professional athletes, both personal and financial success are easy to link to achievements on the field, but at Iron Point Financial, we would like ...

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Financial Planning

Financial Advisor for Physicians: 4 Potential Red Flags to Avoid

Elsewhere on our website, we have addressed what we think are the best, most positive ways to approach financial planning for those in the medical ...