Empower New Graduates with Gifts of Independence

While cash or gift cards are always appreciated, consider something with lasting value that can help launch college and high school graduates towards financial independence.

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At or Near Retirement? Time to Say Bucket!

Retirees view risks differently, but the greatest risk is behavioral. Let’s discuss a sustainable and tax-efficient approach to retirement distribution strategies.

Your $ Your Independence, Work Benefits, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Retirement, Investing, Debt Management, BudgetingGlenn BrownMarch 4, 2024Budget, Work Benefits, Best Practice, CDs, CFP, Dividends, Dividend Growth, Debt Management, Entitlements, family, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, Goals, Healthcare, Health, HELOC, IRAs, IRS, Income Streams, Investing, Inflation, Investment Management, IRA Withdrawals, Joy, 401(k), Solo K, Local Town Pages, Life Insurance, Medicare, Markets, Net Worth, Roth IRA, Portfolios, Pro-rata rule, Access to Equity, Required Minimum Distributions, Home Equity Line of Credit, Refinancing, Real Estate, Rebalancing, Savings, Traditional IRA, Total Return, Tax Planning, diversification, Savings Prioritization, distribution phase, distribution strategies, tax efficiency, taxes, Experience Spending, Tax-Loss Harvesting, Taxes, Index, Your Money Your Independence, Yields, Asset Allocation

Dividend Investing - Navigating Hype and Pitfalls To Get Results.

Last month, Intel added another chapter to the fallacy of “I don’t care about the stock price, as long as I get my dividend”. Here, I discuss key factors and best practices for dividend investing.

You Can’t Always Get What You Want… But If You Try Sometimes

With markets All Down The Line, thinking it will make you Happy to become Exile on Wall St?

Resolutions Gone Bad: Rein In Your New Year.

How to make financial resolutions that lead to successful planning outcomes.

Inflation: Increase assets, borrow, and lock in debits.

Action items based upon the old adage “Inflation rewards debtors and hurts creditors”.

Revisiting - Dividends: Evolve Beyond Yield

Revisiting the conundrum for income investors in today’s low-interest rate environment.

Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve… But Did You?

Instead of talk of the future, act on the constants - change and time.

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Be Proactive and Less Reactive

Big picture opportunities for 3 RE’s: Refinance, Rebalance and Reset.

Why Dividend Growth Matters

Can a low dividend yield be more favorable over the long-term?

Dividends: Evolve Beyond Yield

Temptation of high-yield dividend stocks can lead to denials like “As long as I get my dividends, I don’t care about share price”. You should and here’s why.