Why You Need a Plan: Strategies for Medicare and Long-Term Care Planning
Watch our on-demand webinar, “Why You Need a Plan: Strategies for Medicare and Long-Term Care Planning” featuring Carson Group’s Vice President, Insurance Matt Lewis and Manager & Senior Wealth Planner Tom Fridrich.
Dollar Cost Averaging: A Strategy for All Seasons
When I began saving for my children’s education I never realized the impact that dollar cost averaging would have over a long period. As I discuss in my book “Financial Planning Made Personal”, I started saving in 1998 for my kids’ education, four years before my older son was …
The Benefits & Purpose of a Trust in Estate Planning
By Beth Schanou, JD, CExP, Senior Wealth Planner Clients frequently ask whether they should leave their assets in a trust. My answer: It depends. If your net worth plus the death benefit of life insurance policies you own exceeds $13 million, putting your assets in specific types of trusts …
Estate Planning: Easing The Burden For Your Loved Ones
Estate planning is a crucial task in our financial lives that tends to drain us emotionally and take a backseat in our busy lives. This type of planning is sometimes confused as something that only the wealthy or the elderly need to think about and the reality is it is a process that every …
Why Estate Planning Matters for Everyone
Estate planning may feel like something you don’t have to worry about quite yet. The truth is that ample planning now can make everything easier for your loved ones when the time comes to put an estate plan into action.
Estate Planning Checklist
No matter how few your assets or how extensive your properties, an estate plan will help you preserve your legacy and provide clarity to your surviving family. Our estate planning checklist can help you start the process and tick those important boxes on your way to confidence about the fut …
Why Do I Need a Will? Everything You Need to Know
By Beth Schanou, JD, CExP, Senior Wealth Planner Who wants to spend an afternoon thinking about their mortality? No one, which is why more than half of Americans don’t even have a will.
Life Insurance for Business and Estate Planning
By Matt Lewis, CLTC, Vice President, Insurance Life insurance is designed to provide for your loved ones after your death, giving you peace of mind that their financial needs will be met without your income. But life insurance can benefit your financial planning in many other ways.
Life Goals: Understanding Life Insurance and How it Fits in Your Finances
Watch our webinar, “Life Goals: Understanding Life Insurance and How It Fits in Your Finances” with Carson Group’s Vice President, Insurance Matt Lewis, now available on-demand.
Exit Strategies for Business Owners
Watch our webinar, “Exit Strategies for Business Owners” with Carson Group’s Director, Wealth Planning Kimberly Flynn and Mark Petersen, Vice President of Affluent Wealth Planning, now available on-demand.
Succession Planning for Your Business
The hit show Succession on HBO has shown all business owners the importance of having a succession plan. Although the company started by the Roy family, Waystar Royco, is a multi-billion dollar company, many of the challenges faced by them as a business and a family is things that n …
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A Guide to Gifting to Your Heirs
Gifting to your loved ones now or posthumously each carries their own positives and negatives as they relate to your estate plan, taxes, your goals and your legacy.
