Over the previous three weeks and six blogs we have gone through the very basic steps of creating a fairly comprehensive financial plan.  Regardless of if you will engage someone to help you with your [...]

The final component of the outline to the basic financial plan is going to be estate planning.  For the average married couple federal estate taxes will not be an issue.  As for state estate taxes it is best [...]

The next part of the journey in our financial plan is asset allocation.  When we consider the asset allocation we are talking about equities, bonds, real estate, commodities, and cash. Depending on what the [...]

As we continue on our path to a financial plan the next stop is one that may get a little complicated and that is in the area of insurance.  Now there are many types of insurance and all are important and [...]

The next step in our journey to a financial plan is the estimation of any goals that require saving for, any college expenses that need to be accounted for, and how to better manage your taxes by estimating [...]

In our last blog we examined how to start a financial plan by using budgets to establish the groundwork for everything else.  Just remember that budgets are not the equivalent of a four letter word.  They [...]

Are you saving enough for retirement?  Do you have your assets where they need to be to optimize taxes and potential returns?  These are just some of the questions I am sure people ask themselves and if they [...]

The next six blogs will cover the basic steps involved in creating a financial plan.  Instead of creating a long single blog entry I have decided to break this topic up into six manageable blogs that will not [...]