Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, Senior Associate Logan Daniel, CFP®, CRPC®, and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP®, advise for an investor who will likely have to take over her aging parents’ finances. They discuss some basic steps as well as some other estate planning concerns.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that when investors suddenly decide on a large purchase, your financial advisor is there to assess your current financial situation and your goals, then chart a course to help you achieve them.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Senior Associate Michael Griffin, CFP®, and Associate Peter Lynch to help a couple of investors who are making an impulsive decision to buy a vacation home without looking at how it may affect their long-term financial plan. The financial advisers discuss how they incorporate large purchases into cash flow projections when clients are making spontaneous decisions.
As seen in the @mdjonline: Bil Lako, CFP®, explains how the difference between a retiree’s actual spending and maximum spending should allow them to weather economic changes.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, teams up with Managing Associate D.J. Barker, CWS®, and Senior Financial Planner Adam Stadalius, CFP®, to help a retired couple realize that they’re not in financial trouble just because inflation and interest rates have skyrocketed since they left the workforce. They explain how a financial plan works to accommodate economic changes.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that many small-business owners base their retirement on rough estimates they used when determining their business’s value; however, this can have implications far beyond the sale price.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that while high-income taxpayers can back their way in to a Roth IRA, there may be tax consequences.
Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Tax Manager Jessie Thomas, CPA, and Managing Associate D.J. Barker, CWS®, to help a couple who tried to do a back-door Roth IRA on their own. Jessie and D.J. cover the nuances of a back-door Roth and some pitfalls investors can make when reporting it on their tax forms.
As seen in the Marietta Daily Journal, Bil Lako, CFP®, explains that because nonqualified retirement plans fall outside the tax codes that govern plans like 401(k)s, they are not required to be offered universally to all employees.
Jim Crone, CLU®, CFS®, Director of Insurance Planning, and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP® join Chief Investment Officer, Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, to provide some guidance to a C-suite executive who is considering a job that is offering a nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Jim explains how they work and the risks while Giuliana discusses their role in one’s retirement planning.
