Caught in the Middle: Navigating the Challenges of the Sandwich Generation

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Senior Associate Melanie Wells, CFP®, along with Associate Clay Norman, CFP®, to provide advice to an investor who is stuck in the middle of caring for her parents’ finances and supporting her children. They discuss what she needs to do to ensure her own financial house is in order.

Cognitive Decline Can Increase Difficulty in Managing Finances

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Senior Associates Melanie Wells, CFP®, and Logan Daniel, CFP®, CRPC®, to review a senior investor’s situation and how she can protect her money should she cognitively decline. Unfortunately, aging increases the risk of natural cognitive decline, dementia, or side effects from medications, putting seniors in a vulnerable position for financial abuse.

Our Three Cents: The Flow of Assets and Business Interest

Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, Nick Antonucci, CVA, CEPA, and K.C. Smith, CFP®, CEPA of Henssler Financial are joined by attorney Arun Gupta from Reeves Law P.C., to discuss how corporate documents and personal estate planning go hand in hand when it comes to business interests. While estate planning documents can be unpleasant to think about, both corporate documents and an estate plan are essential for the flow of assets when a business owner dies.

Taxes and Custody—When a Minor Inherits an IRA

Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associate Jarrett McKenzie, CFP®, CWS®, and Senior Financial Planner Clay Norman, CFP®, to discuss an investor who wishes to leave his IRA to his granddaughter. They discuss the limitations the SECURE Act created for non-spousal inherited IRAs and other options that may benefit the heir.