The ABCs of RMDs
One of the most daunting financial aspects of retirement, especially for people who have been diligent savers throughout their working...
The Perils of Emotions in Investing
In many ways, emotions are life’s seasoning; they spice up what might be somewhat bland or dull. Like spice, they...
This Year Resolve to be Realistic in Your Financial Resolutions
Anyone who goes to the gym knows the pain of searching for a spot in the parking lot at the…
Get to Know the Stangier Wealth Management Firm
In our experience, many people meet with us after a significant change in their life, positive or negative. While others...
Budgeting for Charitable Giving Can Increase Your Happiness
Tithing, or giving 10 percent of one’s income or crops to a religious entity, is an ancient practice. In fact,
Meeting with an Advisor
When we go to the doctor, we are all used to hearing those basic questions that they start their check-ups...
How Women Can Prepare For Retirement
When our parents retired, living to 75 amounted to a nice long life, and Social Security was often supplemented by...
Planning for the Retirement Dream
Many of us picture our retirement years spent enjoying life without working, but have you planned for everything? Will you...
Don’t Put These Things on Your Credit Card
With the economy slowly but surely recovering many Americans are pressed to put more and more expenses on credit cards...
5 Basic Tips for Creating a Solid Retirement Plan
You know what the picture is supposed to look like: You spend your whole life on the job, working toward…
5 Steps You Can Take Now to Improve Your Retirement Income
If you’re a working American born anytime between 1946 and 1991, the research, analysis and more importantly, the five straightforward…
Realistic Retirement: Leveraging expectations with reality
Our culture builds a certain degree of optimism around the concept of retirement—people always “can’t wait until they can retire”…