plan your promise
Welcome. Our promise to you is this:
We will provide you with tools and resources to help you understand opportunities and potential rewards available when you take a proactive approach to your personal financial situation. We aim to help you gain a better understanding of the financial concepts behind insurance, investing, retirement, estate planning, and wealth preservation. Most important, we hope you see the value of working with skilled professionals to pursue your financial goals. Because the way we look at it, working towards your financial goals helps you fulfill future promises to yourself and others. We want to help you plan your promise.
Newsletters
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Setting a Retirement Savings Goal
Only 51% of workers or their spouses have tried to estimate the savings they would need to live comfortably in retirement. This article offers a simple worksheet to help calculate a savings target.
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Fixed Annuities: Retirement Income for Now or Later
Purchasing a fixed annuity shifts the risk for future investment returns to the insurance company and could help create a pension-like income stream for retirement.
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How Savers and Spenders Can Meet in the Middle
Couples who have opposite philosophies regarding saving and spending often have trouble finding common ground. This article offers some tips to learn to work with financial differences.
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Bear Market Emotions: Strategy vs. Reaction
Staying disciplined in building a well-constructed portfolio over time can help carry investors through the market’s rough spots.
Calculators
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Mortgage Acceleration
This calculator can help you determine how soon you can pay off your mortgage.
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Savings Goals
How much do you need to save each year to meet your long-term financial goals?
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Savings Accumulation
Estimate the future value of your current savings.
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Roth IRA Conversion
This calculator can help you determine whether you should consider converting to a Roth IRA.