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Report: Welcome to 2019

In Special Reports, Special Reports: Kansas City Office, Tax Planning by Scott Dougan

We hope that you and your family had an enjoyable holiday season. Each New Year symbolically offers us the opportunity for a fresh start. As always, our primary goal this year is to continue our tradition of helping individuals and families achieve their personal financial goals. To assist our clients in this process, we provide the 2019 CHECKLIST in this …

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Report: Welcome to 2019

In Special Reports, Special Reports: Salt Lake City Office, Tax Planning by Scott Dougan

We hope that you and your family had an enjoyable holiday season. Each New Year symbolically offers us the opportunity for a fresh start. As always, our primary goal this year is to continue our tradition of helping individuals and families achieve their personal financial goals. To assist our clients in this process, we provide the 2019 CHECKLIST in this …

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Thank you for supporting the 2018 Fall Festival Make-A-Wish® campaign!

In Articles, Articles: Kansas City Office, Community Involvement, Winter 2019 by Scott Dougan

Your support will help Make-A-Wish create life-changing wishes for children battling critical illnesses. We are thrilled to announce this year’s campaign raised over $10,000.00 for local wishes! Without your efforts, we would not be able to make wishes like Connor’s wish to go on a Disney Cruise come true! At one year old, Connor was diagnosed with a rare form …

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Back to the Basics Social Security Planning 101

In Articles, Articles: Kansas City Office, Back to the Basics, Tax Planning, Winter 2019 by Scott Dougan

Just a Few Drops Into the Ocean One of the core building blocks of a retirement income plan is Social Security. Earned over decades of working and paying taxes into the system, Social Security recipients have turned the corner and are now extracting income from this unique asset. But what’s so surprising is how nonchalant many retirees are about this …

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2019 Winter Newsletter: Kansas City

In Newsletters, Newsletters: Kansas City Office by Scott Dougan

ELEVATED INSIDER With 2019 underway, we’re focused on what’s new: the adventures that lie ahead, and the opportunities that are yet to be realized. In that light, we’re excited to bring you a new look to our newsletter and communications, beginning with this edition of Elevated Insider, Elevated Retirement Group’s print newsletter. You’ll see some big changes and improvements elsewhere …

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Report: Quarterly Economic Update

In Investment Management, Special Reports, Special Reports: Kansas City Office, Special Reports: Salt Lake City Office by Scott Dougan

Quarterly Economic Update Fourth Quarter 2018 After a long period of respectable market returns, many investors in equities experienced losses during the fourth quarter of 2018, in spite of the third quarter’s strength. The root cause of these losses was growing uncertainty, which is the equity market’s least favorite sentiment. Specifically, interest rate hikes and trade wars caused major concerns …

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Report: Year End Tax Moves for 2018

In Special Reports, Special Reports: Kansas City Office, Special Reports: Salt Lake City Office, Tax Planning by Scott Dougan

YEAR END TAX MOVES for 2018 One of our main goals as holistic financial advisors is to help our clients recognize tax reduction opportunities within their investment portfolios and overall financial planning strategies. Staying current on the ever-changing tax environment is a key component necessary to help our clients benefit from potential tax reduction strategies. On December 22, 2017, President …

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‘Golden Decade’ Offers Golden Opportunity to Get Taxes Under Control

In Articles, Articles: Kansas City Office, Kiplinger, Retirement by Scott Dougan

If you are between the ages of 60 and 70, the time could be right to pump some money out of big, fat 401(k)s and traditional IRAs into tax-free Roth accounts. If a financial professional planned your 60th birthday party, the balloons and streamers wouldn’t be black. They’d be gold. Some advisers even refer to the ages between 60 and …

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Lack of Financial Information Is No Longer the Problem. Knowing How to Process It Is.

In Articles, Articles: Kansas City Office, Kiplinger, Retirement by Scott Dougan

The key to good financial decisions is knowing how to sort through the flood of information out there. How do you do that? Ask the right questions. Specifically, these five. Thanks to new technologies, investing is more accessible than ever. You can buy stocks, bonds and mutual funds with a click of a mouse, or even with an app on …