Posts tagged personal financial planning
Celebrating 20 Years!

Since 2004, much has changed, but one thing has remained constant: our unwavering commitment to helping our clients. As we’ve matured and experienced life’s ups and downs ourselves, we’ve come to truly appreciate the value of the advice Beacon provides and the difference it makes for our clients.

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Finance in a Flash: How Should You Think About Debt When Gearing Up For Retirement?

On this episode of Finance In A Flash, Nick & Erin discuss a very important topic in the Financial Planning world: Debt. They discuss a variety of questions such as; What is considered good debt or bad debt? Which type of debt should you pay off first? When you should look at refinancing your home, and much more!

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Finance in a Flash: What is "The Market"?

In this episode of Finance In A Flash, Nick & Chip discuss one of the most used phrases in all of finance, "The Market". What are people actually referring to when they say things like; "The market is crashing today!", "The market is down 1000 points", or "Stocks are soaring!"? Nick and Chip unpack the different indexes people may be referring to when they mention "The Market" and why you shouldn't always correlate the performance of "The Market" with your overall portfolio.

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Finance in a Flash: Why You Should Hire A Tax Professional

On this episode of Finance In A Flash, we introduce another member of our staff at Beacon, Erin Campbell. Erin is a principal and a co-founder here at Beacon, who also has her CFP & CPA designations. We discuss the advantages of having a tax professional on your side and the possible pitfalls people may face when doing taxes themselves.

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Financial Planning Opportunities Amid Market Downturns: Planning Techniques

On this episode of Finance In A Flash, we conclude our series titled: Financial Planning Opportunities Amid Market downturns. Throughout the episode, we cover several planning techniques such as Roth Conversions, Refinancing your mortgage, and reevaluating your budget, especially if you are in the distribution phase.

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Financial Planning Opportunities Amid Market Downturns: Tax-Loss Harvesting

On this episode of Finance In A Flash we continue our series on Financial Planning Opportunities Amid Market Downturns by covering Tax-Loss Harvesting. We go through the details of Tax-Loss Harvesting and the benefits of using this strategy during times when your investments have losses.

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Financial Planning Opportunities Amid Market Downturns: Rebalancing

On this episode of Finance In A Flash, Chip & Nick discuss the benefits of rebalancing your portfolio amid a market downturn. When the stock market declines, so does the stock percentage in your portfolio, meaning you have to buy more stocks to get to your target asset allocation. This can be advantageous in various ways, to which we discuss in this episode!

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Spring Cleaning Your Financial Files

As the days get warmer, many people are spring cleaning their homes, including all their old filing cabinets. Our clients often ask how long they need to hold on to all their old paperwork. Let’s examine the best practices for shredding your documents.

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