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How we help grow your wealth:
Protection Planning
- Umbrella Coverage
- Adds extra liability coverage over and above another insurance policy, such as homeowners and auto
- Disability Insurance
- An insurance plan that pays some of a person’s income when s/he is disabled from an illness or injury and cannot work
- Term Life Insurance
- A type of life insurance that guarantees payment of a stated death benefit if the covered person dies during the specified term
- Long-term Care Insurance
- Designed to cover long-term services and supports, including personal and custodial care in a variety of settings
- Property and Casualty Insurance
- Property is coverage for things you own, like your home or car; casualty is liability coverage protects you from legal liability for an accident
Investment Strategy
- Macroeconomic Investment Strategy
- An investment strategy that bases its holdings primarily on the overall economic/political views of various countries or their economic principles
- Income Strategies
- Designed to produce a consistent paycheck, using traditional and/or alternative investments
- Alternative Investments
- Supplemental strategies to traditional investments; 5 main categories: hedge funds, private capital, natural resources, real estate, infrastructure
- Structured Note
- A debt security issued by banks whose performance is linked to the return of an underlying asset, group of assets, or index
- Covered Calls
- An option strategy designed to generate income on a currently held stock position
Investment & Protection
- Premium Finance
- Lending of funds to a person/company to cover the cost of an insurance premium, often to take advantage of tax incentives and/or interest rates
- Permanent Life Insurance
- Death benefit coverage for a person’s entire lifetime, with additional benefits including cash value growth and certain tax advantages
Tax Mitigation
- Tax-loss Harvesting
- The timely selling of securities at a loss in order to offset the amount of capital gains tax due on the sale of other securities at a profit
- Conservation Easements
- A voluntary, legal agreement that permanently limits the use of land to its natural state, which may create some tax benefits
- IRA/Roth IRA
- Tax-advantaged personal savings plans where either the contribution or distribution may have tax benefits
- Business Qualified Plans
- Umbrella term for savings plans offered through a business, including SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA, solo 401(k), cash balance plans, etc.
Investment & Taxes
- Opportunity Zone
- An economic development tool that allows people to invest in distressed neighborhoods in the US with long-term tax benefits
- Municipal Bonds
- Debt securities issued by states, counties, cities, or non-profit organizations, like hospitals offering some tax advantages
- Roth Conversion
- Process of moving funds from a traditional retirement account to a Roth account to generate tax-free income in retirement
- Investment Tax Control
- Ability to designate a maximum capital gain from a portfolio with trading controls in place to avoid exceeding stated maximums
Estate/Legacy Planning
- ESOT for Business Transfer
- Stock program that facilitates the acquisition and distribution of a company’s share to its employees with significant tax advantages
- Will
- used to appoint guardians for minors & pets, designate who receives your assets & possessions and when they will receive them
- Revocable Living Trust
- maximizes the protection and privacy of your estate while minimizing the long-term costs of estate administration
- Living Will
- Make your wishes known, so that loved ones do not have to make end-of-life decisions on your behalf
- General Durable Power of Attorney
- Document how you want to handle your money and property if you become incapable
- Healthcare Power of Attorney
- Make it easy for those you select to make medical decisions on your behalf if you become unable
Tax & Legacy
- Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust
- A trust designed to own a life insurance policy held outside a person’s estate intended to mitigate estate tax liability
- Gifting Strategies
- A plan designed to utilize maximum gifting allowances while alive in order to reduce future estate tax liability
Core Planning
- Asset Diversification
- An effective way to avoid big swings in your net worth.
- Death/disability planning
- A way to make sure that the people you care about continue their lives if you’re not there or you’re not all there.
- Savings and spending rates
- Saving the right amount each month so that you land where you want to when you’re no longer working.
- Risk tolerance evaluation
- How much risk can you take and still sleep at night?
- Formation of financial team
- Who are your guides as you build your best life?