Your Financial Future
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Helpful Content
Stop Wasting Money
One way to find money is to examine your current spending habits and eliminate money wasters.
Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
Building Your Legacy
A four-step framework for building a personal legacy.
The Business Cycle
Understanding the economy's cycles can help put current business conditions in better perspective.
What to Look for in an Extended-Care Policy
Here’s a list of 8 questions to ask that may help you better understand the costs and benefits of extended-care insurance.
The Pre-Retirement Checklist
This checklist can give you a quick snapshot of how prepared you are.
The Average American Budget
Learn about the average American budget in this fun and interactive piece.
Budgeting After a Divorce
Divorce is the second most stressful time in a person's life. Here's some tips to get through it.
Required Reading: The Economic Report of the President
The Economic Report of the President can help identify the forces driving — or dragging — the economy.
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Historical Inflation
This calculator shows how inflation over the years has impacted purchasing power.
Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.
What Is the Dividend Yield?
This calculator helps determine your pre-tax and after-tax dividend yield on a particular stock.
Can I Refinance My Mortgage?
This calculator can help determine whether it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.
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.
How Compound Interest Works
Use this calculator to better see the potential impact of compound interest on an asset.
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Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
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
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
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The Fed and How It Got That Way
Here is a quick history of the Federal Reserve and an overview of what it does.
Retiring in a Post-Pandemic World
Imagine your ideal post-pandemic retirement with this animated video.
Rightsizing for Retirement
What does your home really cost?
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.
Preparing For the Ultimate Vacation
Make your retirement as exciting as your next vacation.
The Power of Tax-Deferred Growth
Why are 401(k) plans, annuities, and IRAs so popular?