In this installment of Henssler Financial’s Money Wise series, Research Analyst Nick Antonucci, CVA, explains the basic concepts of how investment vehicles grow your money, the benefits of diversification, and the different asset classes for beginning investors.
By: Tim O’Pry | Chief Security Officer In our Cybersecurity 101 seminar we discussed the top 3½ things you should do to improve your security online. One of these was to regularly monitor your credit using Credit Karma so you would know if your credit score was changing and more importantly if someone had queried…
Death can be expensive. Bil Lako, CFP®, explains why you need to plan for liquidity in your estate, especially if there are illiquid assets you intend your heirs to keep.
What is the Medicare Open Enrollment Period? The Medicare Open Enrollment Period is the time during which people with Medicare can make new choices and pick plans that work best for them. Each year, Medicare plan costs and coverage typically change. In addition, your health-care needs may have changed over the past year. The Open…
The most important attribute of a cash reserve is its availability in time of sudden need. And while a federally insured savings account is considered one of the safest places to put money being reserved for emergencies, when interest rates are low, you may want to consider other alternatives. When selecting ways to invest your…
Although Congress has been promising to repeal the alternative minimum tax (AMT), they failed to do that when they passed tax reform in 2017. Instead, they lessened the effects of the AMT by increasing AMT exemptions (an amount of income exempt from AMT taxation) and raising the income thresholds for when the exemptions are phased…
Take some time now to review and understand the below risks before your journey takes an unplanned detour. 1. Traveling Aimlessly Setting out on an adventure without a definitive destination can be exciting, but probably not when it comes to saving for retirement. As you begin your retirement strategy, one of the first steps you’ll…
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate Shawna Theriault, C.P.A., CFP®, CDFA®, and Associate Peter Lynch to discuss a common problem many families can have: lack of liquidity in an estate. They discuss ways to get liquidity and how planning is essential to pass assets and property to heirs.
Indices closed the session with mixed moves on Monday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index closed with gains while the NASDAQ Composite shed some points. Overall, stocks gained on news that White House trade officials have reached an agreement with Canada to revamp NAFTA…
Henssler Research Analysts Jacob Keen and Nick Antonucci, CVA, join Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA to discuss the Fed’s interest rate increase in September, how Hurricane Florence affected the market, and October’s economic outlook.