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How to Make the Most of Your First Month of Retirement

How to Make the Most of Your First Month of Retirement

As seen in AARP by Bruce Horovitz, October 06, 2025: How to Start Your First Month of Retirement. Our employee Elayne Pisarik says, "Success comes when your finances do not define your happiness. A full life – whether defined by family or other relationships, faith, employment or a combination of all of those – that comes

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Types of Financial Advisors

Types of Financial Advisors

As Seen in WSJ | Buy Side Dated 8/19/2025 Written by Molly Grace. Explore the different categories of financial advisors—from RIAs to robo advisors—to determine which expert aligns with your financial planning needs. Key takeaways: There are a lot of different terms used to describe financial professionals, which can make it hard to know which

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The Best and Worst Ways To Spend Your Year-End Bonus

The Best and Worst Ways To Spend Your Year-End Bonus

Good news for employees: Even though 2020 and 2021 have been distinctly different from years past, full of economic strife due to the global pandemic, more employers are opting to give year-end bonuses. So if you're one of the fortunate workers who's receiving one, you can rest a little easier knowing there's more money going into your bank account.

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How Inflation Affects Financial Planning

How Inflation Affects Financial Planning

…..Financial planning or creating a financial plan isn’t a one-time, transactional exercise. As you build a plan, there are a number of inputs that help to create the personal and financial circumstances for each client. As those factors evolve, whether in one’s control or not, it’s the ongoing monitoring and assessment of those factors that provide future confidence in the plan……