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What Smart Investors Know
Savvy investors take the time to separate emotion from fact.

Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?

Will Power
Preparing for the eventual distribution of your assets may not sound enticing. But a will puts the power in your hands.
Saving on Subscription Service Costs
There are ways to improve your physical fitness without denting your fiscal fitness.
A Living Trust Primer
Living trusts are popular, but their appropriateness will depend upon your individual needs and objectives.
What's New for Social Security?
There have been a number of changes to Social Security that may affect you, especially if you are nearing retirement.
Your Changing Definition of Risk in Retirement
A change in your mindset during retirement may drive changes to your portfolio.
An Overview of Renter’s Insurance
Don’t overlook the need for renter’s insurance if you rent your home.
Choosing a Retirement Plan that Fits Your Business
To choose a plan, it’s important to ask yourself four key questions.
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Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.
Saving for College
This calculator can help you estimate how much you should be saving for college.
Self-Employed Retirement Plans
Estimate the maximum contribution amount for a Self-Employed 401(k), SIMPLE IRA, or SEP.
Comparing Mortgage Terms
Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.
What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
Contributing to an IRA?
Determine if you are eligible to contribute to a traditional or Roth IRA.
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Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
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It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
All about how missing the best market days (or the worst!) might affect your portfolio.
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Lifestyle inflation can be the enemy of wealth building. What could happen if you invested instead of buying more stuff?
The Business Cycle
How will you weather the ups and downs of the business cycle?
The Long Run: Women and Retirement
For women, retirement strategy is a long race. It’s helpful to know the route.
The Real Cost of a Vacation Home
What if instead of buying that vacation home, you invested the money?
A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List
Bucket lists don’t have to be for tomorrow.