Retirement Planning

Savings Rates for Retirement

As you plan for retirement, there are a few items that may get a larger amount of your attention as you try to fit everything into place. However, as you look toward your retirement, it’s important to remember an essential factor that sometimes gets pushed to the side: savings rates.

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401(k)

Ask an Advisor – Nonqualified deferred compensation

Today, we’re going to talk to advisor Paul Sorenson about nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans. He’ll tell us some of the important items to consider when looking at NQDC plans and how they might fit into an existing retirement plan.

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Ask an Advisor: What’s a CFP?

“What’s a CFP, and why does the CFP certification matter?” CFP stands for certified financial planner professional. The CFP designation is awarded in recognition of an individual who was passed through a rigorous certification process.

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Ask an Advisor: Common Estate Planning Mistakes

The most common estate planning mistake that we see is not having any estate plan in place. There’s no will. There’s no living will, no power of attorney. In the state of Maryland, if you don’t have a named beneficiary or don’t have your estate planning documents in order, it’s not you that is dictating, it’s the state of Maryland and other statutes.

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