Turbocharged Financial Planning
Financial planning is an ongoing process individuals and businesses should implement by organizing all aspects of their finances. This will assist in identifying financial goals, providing a comprehensive written Financial Plan, and implementing the plan in accordance with the objectives that are most important to you.Comprehensive financial planning should involve these areas and these specific questions.ESTATE PLANNING
- How can you accumulate a sizable estate to pass on as a family legacy?
- How will your hard-earned assets be distributed after your death?
- How can you minimize federal estate taxes and state inheritance taxes?
- How can you best provide for your surviving spouse and children?
- Whom do you want to carry out your wishes?
- How can you accumulate enough in retirement savings and pension benefits to enjoy a comfortable retirement free of financial worry and not be a burden to your family?
- How much (or little) can you expect to receive from Social Security?
- How can you coordinate your IRA, 401k, pension, Social Security, and other retirement benefits for maximum effectiveness?
- At what age can you really afford to retire, especially if you have children to send to college?
- Are you taking full advantage of the tax laws so that you are not paying more than necessary?
- Are there changes you could make in your business structure that would reduce your income taxes?
- Do you have access to changes in tax law that affect you?
- How are you protected against the unpleasant and potentially catastrophic losses associated with natural disasters, illness or accident, disability, property loss, personal liability, and premature death?
- Is your business protected against these potential losses?
- How would your business be affected if your key people were no longer able to function?
- Do you really have a structured investment strategy or do you just invest haphazardly in the latest investment fad?
- Do you know how to increase your investment returns and lower your investment risk through the use of the principles of the Modern Portfolio Theory of Asset Allocation?
- Is your asset mix appropriate for your short-term needs as well as your long-term goals?
- Do you adjust your investment strategy as your investment objectives change?
- Are your investments effectively overcoming the ravages of inflation and taxation?
- Do your investments accurately reflect your risk/reward profile?
- Current and projected financial statements
- "What if" scenarios with different assumptionsv *Cash flow objectives
- Retirement goals and tax-efficient ways to achieve them
- Funding children's education
- Protecting against the financial impact of premature death or disability
- Implementation schedule with a time frame to follow.
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C.C. Collins is a Wealth Building Advisor and Author of ?Scientific Wealth Strategies? at http://wealthscientist.com Find more information at http://www.irainfo4u.comcc@networthpublishing.comNational Jump-Start Your Retirement Days Hotline
Kiplinger's Personal Finance and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors to Offer Two Days of Free Guidance Arlington Heights, IL (January 18, 2005) ? These are heady days for the U.S. stock market, but not for legions of investors who ignored their portfolios in recent years or sat on the sidelines during the last two years. It's time that people began to pay attention to their investments again. So Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine is partnering with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) to sponsor Kiplinger's Jump-Start your Retirement Plan Days?a chance to get free financial advice by telephone from the nation's premier financial advisors."With the debate on the privatization of Social Security and the aging of the baby boom generation, a lot of people are revisiting their retirement planning" says Kiplinger's Personal Finance editor Fred W. Frailey.
"We want to help make sure people are on track, and sometimes the best way to...
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Ameriprise Financial Launches New Homepage
Minneapolis, MN (ContentDesk) March 17, 2006 -- Ameriprise Financial has launched a new homepage designed to help users find financial planning information more rapidly. Focusing heavily on the customer experience, the new homepage offers a more effective design that engages users and helps them easily find information and tools to aid in the financial planning process.
The new Ameriprise Financial homepage also features more information about working with an Ameriprise financial advisor, including an easy to use financial advisor locator.Ameriprise Financial, Inc. is a leading...
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Women Business Owners: Work Less, Make More
Brent Dees, coach and financial planner for small business owners, spoke recently to the Triad Chapter of the National Association of Women Business about how to work less and make more. "Many business owners hit the entrepreneurial ceiling, where they are working more and making less. They often don't recognize when it is time to give up some duties to others in the company so they can focus on owning and growing the business," says Brent Dees, president of Brent Dees Financial Planning. "I teach a process called Focus Four that allows entrepreneurs to determine what you want to accomplish and develop a track to accomplish it." Dees advises: - understand you can't accomplish everything- replace control with leadership and coaching- replace doing with delegation and mentoring- implement systems policies and procedures that will replace direct control???If you'd like to book Brent Dees to speak to your group of business owners, contact Harry Hoover, 704-953-3406. ???Brent Dees, CFP, CSA...
Women Business Owners: Work Less, Make More
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Retirement Planning Tools Give Dangerous Advice
(ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) February 12, 2006 -- Most retirement planning tools offer dangerous advice to retirees seeking to determine how much they can withdraw each year from their stock portfolios, according to a four-year research project. Rob Bennett, founder of the Financial Freedom Community (a group of Internet discussion boards), today announced the launch of an effort to bring the community's findings to the attention of retirees before the flaws in the retirement planning tools cause millions of busted retirements. Thousands of the worlds best savers and investors--middle-class workers who achieve financial freedom in their 40s or 50s--have studied this question in great depth, said Bennett. All of the evidence points to the same conclusion--most retirement planning tools are gravely flawed. The flaw is that most retirement planning tools identify a single withdrawal rate as safe. For example, a retirement planning...
Retirement Planning Tools Give Dangerous Advice
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Mid-Cities Advisor Named One of the ?Best Financial Planners in Dallas/Fort Worth?
Steve Blankenship, CFP?, Founder and Principal of Heritage Financial Planning in Grapevine has been named by D Magazine as one of the "Best Financial Planners in Dallas" in a recent issue of the magazine.
Over 1,000 financial planners in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area were considered for this prestigious honor.
Fewer than 10 of those honored are from Tarrant County.
Mr. Blankenship is the only fee-only financial planner in Grapevine, Texas and one of only a handful of fee-only professionals in all of Tarrant County.
As a fee-only professional, Mr. Blankenship receives no commissions or other rewards for selling financial products.
About Heritage Financial PlanningSteve Blankenship, CFP? is the Founder and Principal of Heritage Financial Planning, an independent financial planning firm located in Grapevine, Texas. A Certified Financial Planner? professional, Steve was recently featured on the cover of Financial Planning magazine and profiled...
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Credit Cards Web Site Adds Form, Function, Features & Freebies
New York, NY (ContentDesk) March 29, 2006 -- FrankfordFinancial.com's Credit Cards site is more useful than ever. They have introduced 3 new areas of functionality that provide their customers with tools that encourage consumer credit education and a foundation for financial planning.The three main site features of the re-design are as follows:1. "The Financial Organizer". The Financial Organizer is a multi-purpose software tool that creates a foundation for personal, financial and estate planning matters. Writers and developers say the Financial Organizer was "inspired by Hurricane Katrina...We heard so many stories from friends, family and customers who; because they werent organized and prepared, lost all of their vital information.
They are now faced with the nightmare of having to start over and re-do all their financial, personal, medical and insurance information...this digital document is a solution for always being prepared and we hope our customers will find good use...
Credit Cards Web Site Adds Form, Function, Features & Freebies
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John W. Crane Earns Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) Designation
John W. Crane of First Financial Group has earned the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) professional designation from The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA.Candidates for the ChFC designation must complete a minimum of eight courses and 16 hours of supervised examinations.
Over 40,000 individuals have been awarded the ChFC designation since its inception in 1982.???The ChFC program focuses on the complete financial planning process as an organized way to collect and analyze information on a client's total financial situation.
ChFCs can identify and establish specific financial goals and then formulate, implement and monitor a comprehensive plan to achieve those goals.
Individuals who earn a ChFC can provide expert advice on a broad range of financial topics including financial planning, asset accumulation and estate planning, income taxation and planning, life and health insurance, business taxation and planning, investments and retirement planning.???John...
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