Your Financial Future
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Helpful Content
Get the Score on Your Credit
Your credit score is a vital part of your financial health. Understand how it works.
Keep Your Umbrella Handy
Umbrella liability can be a fairly inexpensive way to help shelter current assets and future income from the unexpected.
Comparing Investments
Estimate the potential capital gains taxes due on your transactions.
Universal Life Insurance
Universal life insurance is permanent insurance with a flexible premium. Here's how it works.
To Catch a Thief
Having your identity stolen may result in financial loss plus the cost of trying to restore your good name.
9 Facts About Retirement
Regardless of how you approach retirement, there are some things about it that might surprise you.
Healthcare Costs in Retirement
Without a solid approach, health care expenses may add up quickly and potentially alter your spending.
Best Performing Asset Classes
Bonds may outperform stocks one year only to have stocks rebound the next.
Value vs. Growth Investing
Among stock-market investors there’s long been a debate between those who favor value and those who favor growth.
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Interested in a Fuel Efficient Car?
Estimate how many months it may take to recover the out-of-pocket costs when buying a more efficient vehicle.
Should I Buy or Lease an Auto?
This calculator compares the financial impact of leasing versus buying an automobile.
Disability Income
This calculator estimates your chances of becoming disabled and your potential need for disability insurance.
How Compound Interest Works
Use this calculator to better see the potential impact of compound interest on an asset.
2012 Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimates your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.
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Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
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.
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
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The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime, and those we love may suffer if we are not prepared.
The Power of Tax-Deferred Growth
Why are 401(k) plans, annuities, and IRAs so popular?
Your Personal Recovery
As the economy gathers momentum, many are waiting for their personal finances to gather momentum, too.
What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
Events on Wall Street
Can successful investors predict changes in the markets? Some can but others miss the market’s signals.
Rightsizing for Retirement
What does your home really cost?