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Retirement and Estate Planning: Unmarried Couples vs Married Couples

Although some couples remain unmarried to protect their estates, that strategy may backfire if you end up paying estate taxes….

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Not So Strange Bedfellows: Your Financial and Estate Plans

“It’s important not to look at financial planning in a vacuum. Estate planning is intertwined with the financial plan.” According…

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Baby Boomers May Not Be Thinking About Their Estate Plan

“If you are looking at Baby Boomers, they are looking at what their cash flow will be in retirement,” says…

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Seniors Often Make These Retirement Planning Mishaps

Here are a few of the most common mistakes we’ve seen seniors make in regards to their retirement planning. Sometimes…

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Retirement Planning Advice for Farms and Ranches … and Any Small Business

Small businesses, including self-employed taxpayers, have two choices after year end (2014) to establish and contribute to a retirement plan….

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What Happens to Debts When a Loved One Dies?

Anyone can die leaving debt behind. Spouses and families should help prepare or revise estate plans to address current credit…

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Divorce Will Impact Your Estate Planning

Once you’re divorced one forward moving goal should be to immediately create a new estate plan — a will or…

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Multiple Advantages of Charitable Giving

Lifetime gifts may carry considerable advantages over charitable bequests, according to Atlantic Trust, the U.S. private wealth management division of…

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PBS Series “Downton Abbey” a Good Example of Estate Planning Lessons

Although this high-end PBS costume drama is spins stories from about a century ago, many of the issues are relevant…

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New to Estate Planning? Easy guidance for beginners!

Whether you want to provide for your family after your death or you just want to ensure that the process…

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Do I Really Need Estate Planning? YES! Stop Avoiding This Important Part of Life

Have you thought about dying lately? Most of us don’t. Make sure you do some estate planning today before things…

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“The Widow Lincoln” Sheds Light on Financial Lessons for Widows

As Mary Todd Lincoln’s character in “The Widow Lincoln” faces dozens of unpaid bills for home furnishings, clothes and jewelry,…

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