2020 Winter Newsletter: Kansas City
ELEVATED INSIDER Making Time Tangible Here we are. It’s the start of another year, it’s all anew again. I think the year 2020 sounds like science fiction; when you think back to when you were younger, could you even imagine living in the year 2020? Maybe you’re like me and find yourself meeting this new year with a combination of …
Report: Secure Act of 2019
SECURE ACT OF 2019 The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, or the SECURE Act, was passed by Congress in December 2019. This legislation is effective as of January 1, 2020. The law does the following: Top 3 items to know for individuals: 1. Allow taxpayers of any age to make traditional IRA contributions – Currently, anyone that …
Report: 2019 Year End Tax Planning
YEAR-END PREPARATIONS The countdown begins. Once the clock rolls us into 2020, tax season gets underway. The old calendar year, 2019, will have officially been put to rest. Deductions from your paychecks and other income sources will begin counting for the New Year. Once it’s 2020, we can celebrate and look to even better days ahead. But we dare not …
Report: Quarter in Review
Quarter in Review A volatile third quarter ended with global equity markets offering mixed returns. The story remained largely the same with geopolitical and trade tensions fueling volatility, while political noise in the U.S. dominated headlines. The U.S. economy remains on solid footing, though many data points are highlighting the reality of an accelerating moderation in growth. Discrepancies in hard …
2019 Fall Newsletter: Kansas City
ELEVATED INSIDER If I were a betting man, I’d wager that you’re wondering how we got to Fall already. “How is time passing so quickly?” No kidding. Well, here we are. It’s this time-marches-on sentiment that underpins what we do here. Time matters a lot in the work we do with you; retirees need money available to pay the bills …
Back to the Basics: Total Value
So much attention gets paid to the growth (or decline) of the stock market that I fear we can become hypnotized by it and fall prey to sloppy fundamentals from time to time. How do I know this? Because many of the people we work with admit to receiving each investment statement and simply doing the ol’ “Is it up …
Briefcase Study: “So, compared to others, how are we doing?”
This question came up recently and it comes up often and I love it when people have the courage to ask. Don’t you secretly want to know if you’ve saved more than your friends or if your income is higher? It’s easy to tell if your house is bigger or if your car is more expensive. But when it comes …
2019 Fall Festival Raffle Silent Auction
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, October 29 for the 2019 Fall Festival Raffle & Silent Auction at Boulevard Brewing Company. Our goal this year is to raise $10,000.00 for Make-A-Wish! Evening Agenda 6:00-7:00pm Cocktails & Appetizers – Introduction, Silent Auction, Raffle 7:00pm Dinner 8:00pm Raffle, Silent Auction Winners Announced 9:00pm Evening Concludes Raffle & Silent Auction: Items …
Report: Planning for Your Retirement
Planning for Your Retirement Develop Your Income and Spending Plan Retirement! Most Americans get excited about the day they no longer have to go to work to earn an income. No more bosses, no more meetings to attend, no more schedules to keep, no more stress that even the best of jobs can create. Retirement can be the beginning of …
Report: Quarterly Economic Update
Second Quarter 2019 The first half of 2019 brought very strong results for financial markets. Both equity and bond investors saw positive results leaving investors in a happy mood. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) enjoyed its largest June gain since 1938 and the S&P 500 experienced its best first half in two decades. (Source: CNBC.com 6/28/2019) Concerns of an …
