If your traditional IRA is invested in stocks and/or mutual funds, the recent substantial downward slide by the stock markets may provide a unique opportunity to convert your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA at a low cost, and then benefit when the markets recover.
In this Money Talks Minute, Bil Lako, CFP®, highlights some of the financial matters you may encounter after the death of your spouse.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, CWS®, and Senior Associate Melanie Wells, CFP®, discuss a couple who cannot decide what to do in this volatile market—sell out and wait until it levels out or dollar cost average more into the market.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, shares how he helped a couple coordinate a gifting plan benefitting their family without incurring any unpleasant tax consequences or creating a hardship situation for the recipient.
It’s easy to maintain QuickBooks files, improve the accuracy of your accounting work, and gain insight on the financial health of your business. Just follow the seven ways you can be safe, compliant, and productive when you’re using QuickBooks Online.
Many broad-based indexes, including the S&P 500, are weighted based on market capitalization, and that can affect performance when a heavily weighted sector suddenly falls out of favor.
Senior Associate Michael Griffin, CFP®, and Associate Logan Daniel, CFP®, CRPC®, join Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, to advise a couple who want to begin gifting their wealth to their nieces and nephews. With a wide range of ages and situations, the planners provide ways to make the most of their generous gifts.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, that if you’re uncomfortable with your level of dependency on Social Security that may or may not be there when you retire, that’s an indication to make a change, in how much you save today or to your retirement lifestyle.
Long-term debt can be debilitating–especially when the money is owed to the government. Because bankruptcy will not discharge tax debts, one of your few options available for settling tax debt is an IRS program called an Offer in Compromise, or OIC.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associates D.J. Barker, CWS® and K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA, to guide a couple of investors with differing opinions on how much they should rely on Social Security in their financial plan.