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Property & Casualty Insurance

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA What is Property and Casualty ...
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Test Drive Retirement

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® Transitioning into retirement is a ...
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A Mid-Year Checklist

Written By: Carl Carlson As we rapidly approach the middle ...
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Nasdaq Reaches Record High – Nvidia Leads the Way

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Happy Memorial Day weekend! I love ...
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Navigating Tax Changes: Strategies to Save Before Rates Rise

Written By: Susannah Orzolek  The clock is ticking on the ...
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Understanding Supplemental Health Insurance to Medicare

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA  As we journey through life, ...
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The Federal Reserve Decides to Keep Interest Rates High – Are You Taking Advantage?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve (the ...
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Life Insurance as a Planning Tool

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® May 2 is National Life ...
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$34,667,768,388,524 & Counting….

Written By: Anna Carlson Something’s gotta give with our national ...
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The Longevity Conundrum: Ensuring Your Retirement Lasts as Long as You Do

Written By: Susannah Orzolek If you live to age 100, ...
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Election Years: Historical Trends

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA Presidential election years often bring ...
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How Does the Market React to Government Shutdowns?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Just five months ago we were ...
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7 Daily Habits of Thriving Retirees: Embracing the Golden Years

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® Retirement is often seen as ...
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Meet the ‘Beatlemania Boomers’: Facing a Looming Retirement Crisis

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® That was TV host Ed ...
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Riding the Rollercoaster

Written By: Anna Carlson The S&P 500 broke the 5,000 ...
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Affordable Care Act

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA For those under the age ...
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401k Rollover Considerations – Does it Make Sense For you?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Happy Friday! The beginning of the ...
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Navigating “Peak 65”: Challenges and Strategies for a Record-Breaking Retirement Year

Written By: Susannah Orzolek 2024 is poised to be a ...
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What Are Your Top 3 Investment Goals?

Written By: Anna Carlson What are your top three investment ...
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Navigating the Financial Landscape: What Lower Interest Rates Mean for Your Money

Written By: MARISSA WALDRON, CFP® In the ever-changing world of ...
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How Are Stocks Really Performing?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA For as long as the ...
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New Year, Great Retirement

Written By: Ryan Rinehart It’s officially 2024, and whether or ...
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Is It Too Late to Make a Move for 2023?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA As year-end quickly approaches, we ...
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Do You Make Estimated Tax Payments?

Written By: Marissa Waldron Or are you expecting to OWE ...
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Year-End Charitable Giving

Written By: Anna Carlson Last year, Americans made individual charitable ...
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Market Update as 2023 Comes to an End

Written By: Ryan Rinehart As we approach the conclusion of ...
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IRS Updates Coming in 2024

Written By: Matt Jaskolka Fall is fading into Winter and ...
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A Look at Long-Term Care

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® It seems that Long-term ...
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Life Insurance and Income Annuities

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA Life is unpredictable, and one ...
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Social Security Changes in 2024

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP®  We’re well into the fourth ...
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2023 Year-End Planning Considerations

Written By: Shawn Perkins The weather is getting colder, leaves ...
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Stock Markets & Government Shutdowns: Yikes or Yawn?

Written By: Anna Carlson Earlier this month, a last-minute spending ...
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The Latest Updates on Interest Rates Now and Moving Forward

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Late last month the Federal Reserve ...
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Exploring the Key Differences Between Mutual Funds and ETFs

Written By: Matt Jaskolka Every week when I get the ...
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Social Security: No Call for Panic

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® After dinner presentations, I ...
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Is it Time to Shift to More Safety?

Written By: Alex, Hammersley, CPA Recently, many investors and analysts ...
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Mythbusters: Life Insurance Edition

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® If you caught Shawn’s article ...
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Life Insurance Considerations

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA As financial advisors, we ...
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 No Shoes Required

Written By: Anna Carlson “There is a whole new kind ...
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Market Corrections Can Happen During the Good Years Too 

Written By:  Ryan Rinehart 2023 has been a great year ...
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Fitch Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating

Written By:  Matt Jaskolka Photo Credit: Reinhard Krause | Reuters ...
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How to Choose the Right Trustee and Executor for Your Estate

Written By:  A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® My post on 6/30/2023 ...
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Are You Watching the Gas Gauge?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA Some of you may have ...
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Hard Conversations: Talking to Your Parents About Estate Planning

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® There are many reasons people ...
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A Cheeseburger Used to Cost How Much?

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA It was around this ...
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Will, Trust, or Both?…Making the Right Estate Planning Choice

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® When it comes to ...
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Tax Considerations as We Approach the Second Half of 2023

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor We will soon be ...
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Tax Impacts on Social Security

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor In my career as ...
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Update for Carlson Financial client accounts for May 2023

Written by: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer, on June 5, ...
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A Client’s Bill of Rights

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® Sometimes it takes a ...
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What is a Fixed Indexed Annuity?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor Fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) ...
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The Importance of the Foundation

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA Recently, many of our ...
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Vacation Amidst Inflation

Written By: Marissa Waldron, Financial Advisor Photo by Shutterstock Summer ...
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Update for Carlson Financial client accounts for April 2023

Written by: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer, on May 8, ...
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How the US Debt Ceiling Can Impact your Finances

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Photo Credit: ABC News Today I ...
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Cash (Flow) is King

Written By: Matt Jaskolka A couple weekends ago around a ...
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The Donor-Advised Fund

Written By: A. Alex Hammersley Do you want to make ...
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It’s the Little Things

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® Typically, around this time ...
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Inflation, Volatility, and Retirement

Written By: Marissa Waldron, Financial Advisor Last year was a ...
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Will the Social Security Full Retirement Age Be Raised?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor The last few weeks ...
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Housing & Long Term Care Considerations in Retirement

Written By: Anna Carlson Did you perfectly time your mortgage ...
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What Happened With Silicon Valley Bank?

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA® In light of what’s ...
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Should You Roll Over Your 401(k)?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor Are you a participant ...
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Social Security: To Delay or Not to Delay

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA® When building your income ...
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Expiring Tax Rates

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® It’s hard to believe it’s ...
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Is it Enough?

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® The markets wreaked havoc ...
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What Does the Fed’s Latest Interest Rate Hike Mean for You?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor Last week the Federal ...
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Understanding the Debt Ceiling

Written By: Matt Jaskolka, Financial Advisor As if the U.S. ...
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Global Economy Concerns

Written By: Anna Carlson, Financial Advisor It’s no secret that ...
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Tax Considerations for You in 2023

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor Tax planning is a ...
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Who Doesn’t Love a Good Sequel?

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA® Back in 2019, before ...
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Q4 2022 Market Talk

Markets hit their highs for the year in January and ...
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2023 Financial Resolutions

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® Here we are again … ...
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Protecting Yourself From Social Security Fraud

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® The phone rings.  Caller ...
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It’s the End of the Year and I forgot to do WHAT?!

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® Today is the last ...
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3 Retirement Changes to be Aware of in 2023

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor As 2022 comes to ...
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“Am I Ready for Retirement?”

Written By: Matt Jaskolka, Financial Advisor "Do I have enough ...
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U.S. GDP Growth Beats Expectations in Q3

Written By: Anna Carlson, Financial Advisor The growth of the ...
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Are Interest Rates Going Up Again? And What Does That Mean?

Written By: Jacob Baugher, Financial Advisor The short answer:  Maybe.  ...
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Inflation & Holiday Spending

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor With Black Friday and ...
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Retirement Planning Marathon

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA® Last weekend, my wife ...
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Claiming Social Security

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® Over the past two ...
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Lump Sum Distributions

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor Are you someone that ...
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How to Utilize Partial Roth Conversions to Minimize Taxes & Extend Your Wealth

Written By: Matt Jaskolka, Financial Advisor Welcome back. If you ...
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Roth Conversions & You: How Smart Investors Are Taking Advantage of Depressed Portfolios

Written By: Matt Jaskolka, Financial Advisor Let’s face it. 2022 ...
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The Year is 1981…

Written By: Anna Carlson, Financial Advisor ...You’re headed to the ...
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June 2022 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on July 12, ...
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May 2022 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on June 2, ...
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Bear Markets – What to Know

Now is a great time for a "refresher" on bear ...
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Corrections and Crashes and Bear Markets – Oh My!

Scott discusses the current market volatility in relation to market ...
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April 2022 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on May 6, ...
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February 2022 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on March 2, ...
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Money Lessons We Wish We Learned Sooner

What’s the first big lesson you learned about money? How ...
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Now & Future Costs

What do you think inflation will do over the next ...
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January 2022 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on February 1, ...
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Creating Better Financial Behaviors

We can’t control what markets or economies do. But we ...
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December 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on January 5, ...
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November 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on December 3, ...
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Social Security Considerations

Social Security is a part of most working American's retirement ...
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Property & Casualty Insurance

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA What is Property and Casualty ...
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Test Drive Retirement

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® Transitioning into retirement is a ...
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A Mid-Year Checklist

Written By: Carl Carlson As we rapidly approach the middle ...
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Nasdaq Reaches Record High – Nvidia Leads the Way

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Happy Memorial Day weekend! I love ...
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Navigating Tax Changes: Strategies to Save Before Rates Rise

Written By: Susannah Orzolek  The clock is ticking on the ...
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Understanding Supplemental Health Insurance to Medicare

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA  As we journey through life, ...
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The Federal Reserve Decides to Keep Interest Rates High – Are You Taking Advantage?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve (the ...
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Life Insurance as a Planning Tool

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® May 2 is National Life ...
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$34,667,768,388,524 & Counting….

Written By: Anna Carlson Something’s gotta give with our national ...
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The Longevity Conundrum: Ensuring Your Retirement Lasts as Long as You Do

Written By: Susannah Orzolek If you live to age 100, ...
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Election Years: Historical Trends

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA Presidential election years often bring ...
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How Does the Market React to Government Shutdowns?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Just five months ago we were ...
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7 Daily Habits of Thriving Retirees: Embracing the Golden Years

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® Retirement is often seen as ...
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Meet the ‘Beatlemania Boomers’: Facing a Looming Retirement Crisis

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® That was TV host Ed ...
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Riding the Rollercoaster

Written By: Anna Carlson The S&P 500 broke the 5,000 ...
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Affordable Care Act

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA For those under the age ...
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401k Rollover Considerations – Does it Make Sense For you?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Happy Friday! The beginning of the ...
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What Are Your Top 3 Investment Goals?

Written By: Anna Carlson What are your top three investment ...
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Navigating the Financial Landscape: What Lower Interest Rates Mean for Your Money

Written By: MARISSA WALDRON, CFP® In the ever-changing world of ...
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How Are Stocks Really Performing?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA For as long as the ...
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New Year, Great Retirement

Written By: Ryan Rinehart It’s officially 2024, and whether or ...
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Is It Too Late to Make a Move for 2023?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA As year-end quickly approaches, we ...
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Do You Make Estimated Tax Payments?

Written By: Marissa Waldron Or are you expecting to OWE ...
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Year-End Charitable Giving

Written By: Anna Carlson Last year, Americans made individual charitable ...
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Market Update as 2023 Comes to an End

Written By: Ryan Rinehart As we approach the conclusion of ...
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IRS Updates Coming in 2024

Written By: Matt Jaskolka Fall is fading into Winter and ...
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A Look at Long-Term Care

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® It seems that Long-term ...
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Life Insurance and Income Annuities

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA Life is unpredictable, and one ...
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Social Security Changes in 2024

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP®  We’re well into the fourth ...
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2023 Year-End Planning Considerations

Written By: Shawn Perkins The weather is getting colder, leaves ...
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Stock Markets & Government Shutdowns: Yikes or Yawn?

Written By: Anna Carlson Earlier this month, a last-minute spending ...
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The Latest Updates on Interest Rates Now and Moving Forward

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Late last month the Federal Reserve ...
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Exploring the Key Differences Between Mutual Funds and ETFs

Written By: Matt Jaskolka Every week when I get the ...
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Social Security: No Call for Panic

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® After dinner presentations, I ...
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Is it Time to Shift to More Safety?

Written By: Alex, Hammersley, CPA Recently, many investors and analysts ...
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Mythbusters: Life Insurance Edition

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® If you caught Shawn’s article ...
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Life Insurance Considerations

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA As financial advisors, we ...
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 No Shoes Required

Written By: Anna Carlson “There is a whole new kind ...
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Market Corrections Can Happen During the Good Years Too 

Written By:  Ryan Rinehart 2023 has been a great year ...
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Fitch Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating

Written By:  Matt Jaskolka Photo Credit: Reinhard Krause | Reuters ...
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How to Choose the Right Trustee and Executor for Your Estate

Written By:  A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® My post on 6/30/2023 ...
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Are You Watching the Gas Gauge?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, CPA Some of you may have ...
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Hard Conversations: Talking to Your Parents About Estate Planning

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® There are many reasons people ...
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A Cheeseburger Used to Cost How Much?

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA It was around this ...
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Will, Trust, or Both?…Making the Right Estate Planning Choice

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® When it comes to ...
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Tax Considerations as We Approach the Second Half of 2023

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor We will soon be ...
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Tax Impacts on Social Security

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor In my career as ...
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Update for Carlson Financial client accounts for May 2023

Written by: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer, on June 5, ...
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A Client’s Bill of Rights

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® Sometimes it takes a ...
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What is a Fixed Indexed Annuity?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor Fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) ...
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The Importance of the Foundation

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA Recently, many of our ...
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Vacation Amidst Inflation

Written By: Marissa Waldron, Financial Advisor Photo by Shutterstock Summer ...
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Update for Carlson Financial client accounts for April 2023

Written by: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer, on May 8, ...
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How the US Debt Ceiling Can Impact your Finances

Written By: Ryan Rinehart Photo Credit: ABC News Today I ...
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Cash (Flow) is King

Written By: Matt Jaskolka A couple weekends ago around a ...
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The Donor-Advised Fund

Written By: A. Alex Hammersley Do you want to make ...
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It’s the Little Things

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® Typically, around this time ...
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Inflation, Volatility, and Retirement

Written By: Marissa Waldron, Financial Advisor Last year was a ...
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Will the Social Security Full Retirement Age Be Raised?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor The last few weeks ...
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Housing & Long Term Care Considerations in Retirement

Written By: Anna Carlson Did you perfectly time your mortgage ...
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What Happened With Silicon Valley Bank?

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA® In light of what’s ...
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Should You Roll Over Your 401(k)?

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor Are you a participant ...
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Social Security: To Delay or Not to Delay

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA® When building your income ...
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Expiring Tax Rates

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® It’s hard to believe it’s ...
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Is it Enough?

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® The markets wreaked havoc ...
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What Does the Fed’s Latest Interest Rate Hike Mean for You?

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor Last week the Federal ...
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Understanding the Debt Ceiling

Written By: Matt Jaskolka, Financial Advisor As if the U.S. ...
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Global Economy Concerns

Written By: Anna Carlson, Financial Advisor It’s no secret that ...
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Tax Considerations for You in 2023

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor Tax planning is a ...
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Who Doesn’t Love a Good Sequel?

Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA® Back in 2019, before ...
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Q4 2022 Market Talk

Markets hit their highs for the year in January and ...
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2023 Financial Resolutions

Written By: Marissa Waldron, CFP® Here we are again … ...
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Protecting Yourself From Social Security Fraud

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® The phone rings.  Caller ...
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It’s the End of the Year and I forgot to do WHAT?!

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® Today is the last ...
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3 Retirement Changes to be Aware of in 2023

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor As 2022 comes to ...
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“Am I Ready for Retirement?”

Written By: Matt Jaskolka, Financial Advisor "Do I have enough ...
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U.S. GDP Growth Beats Expectations in Q3

Written By: Anna Carlson, Financial Advisor The growth of the ...
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Are Interest Rates Going Up Again? And What Does That Mean?

Written By: Jacob Baugher, Financial Advisor The short answer:  Maybe.  ...
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Inflation & Holiday Spending

Written By: Alex Hammersley, Financial Advisor With Black Friday and ...
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Written By: Shawn Perkins, CFP®, AWMA® Last weekend, my wife ...
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Claiming Social Security

Written By: A. Suzanne Robertson, CFP® Over the past two ...
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Lump Sum Distributions

Written By: Ryan Rinehart, Financial Advisor Are you someone that ...
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How to Utilize Partial Roth Conversions to Minimize Taxes & Extend Your Wealth

Written By: Matt Jaskolka, Financial Advisor Welcome back. If you ...
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Roth Conversions & You: How Smart Investors Are Taking Advantage of Depressed Portfolios

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The Year is 1981…

Written By: Anna Carlson, Financial Advisor ...You’re headed to the ...
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June 2022 Recap

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May 2022 Recap

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Bear Markets – What to Know

Now is a great time for a "refresher" on bear ...
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Corrections and Crashes and Bear Markets – Oh My!

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April 2022 Recap

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February 2022 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on March 2, ...
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Money Lessons We Wish We Learned Sooner

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Now & Future Costs

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January 2022 Recap

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Creating Better Financial Behaviors

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December 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on January 5, ...
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November 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer (on December 3, ...
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Social Security Considerations

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October 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer Well, U.S. stock ...
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How to Plan for Market Downturns

Your risk tolerance is one of many factors to be ...
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Do You Know Your Risk Tolerance?

Your risk tolerance is one of many factors to be ...
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September 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer The market gave ...
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When is it Time to Get a Second Opinion?

Whether you have a financial advisor or you are a ...
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All the Above

The planning and investing you do while preparing for retirement ...
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August 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer The summer has ...
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Lazy Money

Put your lazy money to work. Make it work harder ...
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HSA’s & Health Insurance

In this week's video Scott discusses 3 ways to make ...
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July 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer The stock market ...
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Market Volatility

This week Scott shares strategies to combat market volatility. At Carlson ...
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Market Volatility

This week Scott answers the following questions: What is the ...
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June 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer Hello everyone, and ...
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Inflation – How to Fight the Uphill Battle

In the last twelve months, we have seen an inflation ...
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Annuities

Annuities are often used as a tool for guaranteed income ...
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How to Plan for Unexpected Early Retirement

One third of recent retirees retired sooner than they planned. ...
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May 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer The official first ...
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Estate and Legacy Planning

Your legacy means a lot. Protect it by being prepared. ...
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Biden Tax Proposal

The Biden Administration has proposed an increase in the capital ...
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April 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer The stock market ...
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How To Strategically Fund Your Roth IRA

Think you don’t have enough funds to contribute to a ...
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Bunching & Proper Withdrawal Planning

This week, we dive into two strategies to potentially lower ...
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March 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer Well, the first ...
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Spousal IRAs

Scott shares some tips on using Spousal IRAs to maximize ...
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2020 IRA Contributions

It is tax season and time to decide whether you ...
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February 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer Spring is here ...
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Investment Risk & Reward

Scott goes over the importance of putting the roof on ...
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Rate of Return

How important is the Rate of Return to your overall ...
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Do It Yourself or Hire a Pro?

Scott discusses the importance of Integrating all the pieces of ...
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January 2021 Recap

Written By: Dan Moylan, Chief Investment Officer Happy 2021 and ...
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Projecting & Planning for 2021

Scott discusses reflecting on your 2020 savings goals and evaluating ...
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Lowering Expenses

In this week's video Scott shares some practical (and creative) ...
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Stock Market Update

Scott discusses our outlook on the stock market as the ...
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Emergency Funds

In this week's video Scott answers the following questions:What is ...
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Stimulus Round 2

Scott answers your burning questions about the second stimulus!(filmed December ...
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What do YOU want to learn?

Scott wants to hear from YOU! We want to continually be ...
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December Challenge

Scott has a challenge for you in the month of ...
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Year-End Deadlines: Tax Planning

There are a few tax planning items that have year-end ...
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Election and the Stock Market Part 11: Where do we stand after the election?

2020 – It's been a crazy year, to say the ...
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Election and the Stock Market Part 10: Where do we stand after the election?

2020 – It's been a crazy year, to say the ...
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Election and the Stock Market Part 9: When the Polls are Wrong

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Election and the Stock Market Part 8: Two Big Issues Impacting the Market

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Election and the Stock Market Part 6: Update to the 3-Month Rule

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Important Things to Note During an Election Year: Trump’s Tax Returns

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Election and the Stock Market Part 3: How Does Congress Factor In?

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Election and the Stock Market Part 1: S&P 500

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Held Away Assets

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30 year mortgage rate

What Your Banker Might Not Tell You About Refinancing

Written By: Scott Rinehart, CPA Let’s talk a little bit ...
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