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Is Estate Planning Only For Rich People?

In Articles, Articles: Kansas City Office, Articles: Salt Lake City Office, Investment Management, Tax Planning by Scott Dougan

I recently had the pleasure of teaching two classes called ‘Your Retirement And Taxes.’ In the classes, we sought to deepen our understanding of how our tax system works as it pertains to investments and income sources, as well as consider some strategies available to a retiree to pay only their fair share of taxes during retirement. While the subject …

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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 …