Open Enrollment: Medical Plans & Health Savings Accounts (HSA)

Open enrollment can be perplexing for many is analyzing High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) and their tax savings counterpart, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

Summer, Summer, Summertime - Time To Sit Back and… Experience Spend

Life is constantly evolving, and moments once passed cannot be relived. Embracing experience spending encourages individuals to seize opportunities to enjoy life while they can.

Budgeting, Your $ Your Independence, Retirement PlanningGlenn BrownJuly 1, 2024Best Practice, Experience Spending, Spending, Children, family, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, Goals, Health, Joy, Kids, Savings, Budget, Savings Prioritization, Your Money Your Independence

Thanks, Dad - For Showing How to Lead, Then Trusting to Follow.

As Father's Day approaches, it's time to pause and express gratitude for these silent architects of our lives.

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

Enjoy Every Sandwicher Moment.

This month celebrates those caring for their young children and aging parents simultaneously - Sandwichers.

Estate Planning, Investing, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your Independence, Budgeting, College PlanningGlenn BrownJuly 2, 2022Aging Parents, attorney, Elder Care Law, Tax Planning, Capital Gains, Best Practice, Beneficiaries, Budget, Debt Management, Probate, College, children, Cash Flows, Caring for aging parents, Local Town Pages, Daycare, Medicare, Dependent Care, Long-Term Care, Health Care, Medical Expenses, Death Tax, Guardianship, guardians, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Entitlements, family, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, grandchildren, Goals, Giving, Gifting, Savings, Teenager, Health, Health Insurance, Home Ownership, Inflation, Investing, inheritance, Raising Kids, Kids, Markets, Will, Life Insurance, College Planning, Multi-Generational Planning, Mortgage, Minors, Income Streams, Investment Management, Joy, House, Portfolios, Social Security, Priorities, Spending, tax planning, Trusts, Total Return, Trustee, taxes, Your Money Your Independence, Education

Open Enrollment: Benefits to Opt-In for your HSA

HSA can offer “triple tax benefits”: tax-free contributions, tax-free earnings, and tax-free distributions.

Take this job and shove it!? Measure twice, cut once.

May be good reasons to change jobs or quit, best to remove emotions and seek validation before resignation.

Zoom Your Estate Planning

Technology and legislation are removing procrastination from developing your holistic estate plan.

2020 - The Worst Year Ever… Really?

Turn down the hyperbole, 2020 offered great opportunities to refinance, save, invest, WFH, and focus on your why.

Your $ Your Independence, Retirement Planning, Retirement, Debt Management, Estate Planning, Insurance, Budgeting, Tax Planning, Small Business, InvestingGlenn BrownJanuary 2, 2021Aging Parents, Asset Allocation, Sandwichers, Tax Planning, Savings, Trusts, Tax Deadlines, taxes, Technology, Best Practice, Budget, Rebalancing, Debt Management, Cash Flows, Estate Planning, Employee Benefits, Economy, family, Financial Planning, Focus on your why, Goals, Health, House, Interest Rates, Investing, Investment Management, Will, 401(k), Raising Kids, Kids, Experience Spending, Life Insurance, Local Town Pages, College Refunds, Mortgage, Markets, Roth IRA, Priorities, Required Minimum Distributions, Home Equity Line of Credit, Refinancing, Retirement, Roth Conversion, IRAs, Student Debt, Student Loans, CARES Act, children, Caring for aging parents, Traditional IRA, Total Return, Taxes, Your Money Your Independence

Why worry or fight? Have the money talks without the walk.

How to have open discussions about finances for a healthy relationship.

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

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

Your $ Your Independence, Tax Planning, Small Business, Retirement Planning, Retirement, PlanDynamic, Investing, Insurance, Estate Planning, Debt Management, College Planning, BudgetingGlenn BrownJune 30, 2020Aging Parents, Asset Allocation, Sandwichers, Capital Gains, Tax Planning, Savings, Student Debt, Small Business Owners, Student Loans, Budget, Best Practice, Rebalancing, Debt Management, College Planning, children, College, Caring for aging parents, Economy, Goals, Employee Benefits, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, Fee-Only Fiduciary, Education, Guardianship, Mortgage, Health, Healthcare, Home Equity Line of Credit, HELOC, IRAs, Investing, Investment Management, IRA Withdrawals, 401(k), Raising Kids, Work Benefits, Kids, Local Town Pages, Markets, Interest Rates, Income Streams, Total Return, Portfolios, Priorities, Refinancing, Retirement, Roth IRA, Roth Conversion, Estate Planning, Traditional IRA, Your Money Your Independence, Dividend Growth, Tax-Loss Harvesting, Yields

Proactive Planning and Health Remain Critical

Putting off your health or planning over fear isn’t the “new normal”.

HSA & HDHP - Alphabet Soup of Work Benefits

Work benefits are complicated, including High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP). Health Savings Accounts (HSA) can be utilized to your advantage for savings and tax planning.