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Back to the Basics: Having A Budget Vs. Budgeting

In Articles, Articles: Kansas City Office, Articles: Salt Lake City Office, Back to the Basics, SLC Winter 2020, Tax Planning, Winter 2020 by Scott Dougan

One of the most critical – and often overlooked – aspects of planning a successful retirement is the estimating of expenses during retirement. The ability to project what your lifestyle will cost into retirement allows you to determine whether the nest egg you’ve accumulated will go the distance. When we approach this subject with aspiring retirees, we’re often met with …

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Back to the Basics: Total Value

In Articles, Articles: Kansas City Office, Articles: Salt Lake City Office, Back to the Basics, Fall 2019, SLC Fall 2019, Tax Planning by Scott Dougan

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 …

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Briefcase Study: “So, compared to others, how are we doing?”

In Articles, Articles: Kansas City Office, Articles: Salt Lake City Office, Briefcase Studies, Fall 2019, SLC Fall 2019 by Scott Dougan

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 …

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Client Spotlight: Tom and MaryKaye

In Articles, Articles: Salt Lake City Office, SLC Fall 2019 by Scott Dougan

England, Scotland, Ireland Tom, who worked in social services and at Primary Children’s Hospital and MaryKaye, who ran a Preschool program and taught the Pre-K4 class, finally made the decision to head down the road of ‘official’ retirement. One of their first adventures included a trip to the UK to visit their youngest daughter, who is there working on her …

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State of the Union

In Articles, Articles: Salt Lake City Office, SLC Fall 2019 by Scott Dougan

Join Us December 4th Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus 9750 South 300 West Draper, UT 84020 We will be doing an end of year ‘State of the Union’ event with our Chief Investment Officer; Mike Sorrentino on December 4th. This event will allow clients and prospects to hear from Mike and get his thoughts on what happened in 2019 …

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2019 Fall Festival Raffle Silent Auction

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

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 …

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27 Retirement Risks: Which Is (Arguably) Most Damaging

In Articles, Articles: Kansas City Office, Articles: Salt Lake City Office, Retirement by Scott Dougan

Life is fraught with danger; everybody knows this. When we take a closer look at one particular slice of life, retirement, we begin to see more clearly what those risks are. This recognition allows us to begin hedging against risks as best we can, through prudent planning. Before we get started, we must first agree on the desired outcome of …

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Rise Against Hunger®

In Articles, Articles: Salt Lake City Office, SLC Summer 2019 by Scott Dougan

This year’s Rise Against Hunger® meal packing event was another huge success!  We were able to pack 20,000 meals in about an hour and a half, which was record time not only for us, but it was the quickest time the rep from Rise Against Hunger® has ever been part of. We definitely couldn’t do this event without the help …