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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 Newsletter: Salt Lake City

In Newsletters: Salt Lake City Office by Scott Dougan

ELEVATED INSIDER The dog days of summer lead right into the chaos of Fall. Our 2 kids headed back to school August – this year our son, Michael, is in 2nd grade and our daughter, Coraline, is in 5th grade (her last year in elementary school). After playing in both spring and summer leagues, Michael has put baseball on the …

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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 …

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Employee Spotlight: Liz Kirkby

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

Liz Kirkby Client Relationship Manager Liz is a native Utah girl, although she has spent many years living in California and Nevada as well. She received her Bachelors in Math Education from BYU and is currently working on a Masters in Management and Leadership. Liz currently lives in Saratoga Spring and has 6 children. She enjoys singing karaoke, eating chocolate, …

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2019 Summer Newsletter: Salt Lake City

In Newsletters: Salt Lake City Office by Scott Dougan

ELEVATED INSIDER As a kid I longed for summer – no school, no homework, no set schedules. Just long days full of sunshine and games with friends. Now, as a parent, summer seems to be one of the busiest times of the year! My wife, Erika, and I like to take advantage of the kids break from school and fill …