Estate
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
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When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Smart Habits to Protect Generational Wealth
Learn how to preserve and encourage family wealth with these simple, effective financial habits.
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
Strategies to Defend Purchasing Power Across Generations
Keep your wealth working by preserving purchasing power over time.
Yours, Mine, and Ours: Estate Strategies for Second Marriage
Second marriages are a trigger event to revisit any existing estate strategies.
A Hard Conversation Made Easy
Communication is key to a smooth transfer of wealth and the fulfillment of your wishes. Explore estate planning as a family.
Creating a Comprehensive Estate Plan
What does it take to create or update your estate plan? Here's a 7-step Estate Planning Checklist to help you get started.
Managing the Risk of Outliving Your Money
Steps to help you sustain and grow your retirement savings.
4 Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities
Planning for a child with special needs can be complicated, confusing, and even overwhelming.
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Comparing Mortgage Terms
Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.
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When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?