Financial planning blog

Inheriting a spouse’s IRA gives you a few more options than otherwise. Read on to get an overview, click the links to read more details, and talk with your financial planner! Spouse’s Choice A surviving spouse may choose to make the inherited IRA their own. Only a spouse, and no other person, can make the...Read More

  When a spouse passes away and leaves an IRA to the surviving spouse, they also leave a spouse with a choice: Should they make the IRA their own IRA or should they maintain separate IRAs? Read this Periscope to learn more, and then discuss these questions with your financial planner. Make the Inherited IRA...Read More

Three tips for millennials who want to build a strong financial future.Read More

 Read this Periscope for a quick summary of tips about how to create secure passwords that you will remember, and bad guys cannot hack. Use a password software. A password software is one place where you store all your passwords. This way, you only need to remember one password–the one you need to get into...Read More

Facilitating Important Family Conversations Part 2 Karl Frank, CFP, Jeff Krommendyk and Nathan Merrill continue to interview Shawn Barberis, JD, who is an expert on facilitating important family conversations about legacy. Legacy is often discussed but rarely acted upon. Shawn shares some of the history of legacy conversations:How Shawn got into the business, and created...Read More

Social Security Retirement Income (SSRI) provides a safety net for Americans. SSRI is also divisive–many people feel like it won’t be around when they need it! Read on to learn about how much SSRI pays, to whom, and a high-level overview of how it works. Did you know that in the year 2022: The average...Read More