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Down markets combined with rapidly rising interest rates can be unsettling for investors, even experienced ones. While declining balance sheets can cause short-term concern, they also present an opportunity for long-term wealth transfer.
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This quick reference guide is a great resource for planning discussions with clients, summarizing tax deductions, credits, and retirement plan contributions limits for 2025. Use this guide to quickly find important information for tax planning with your clients.
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Selecting a trust as beneficiary of an individual retirement account (IRA) offers distinct advantages, disadvantages, and complexities compared to naming an individual. Learn if your clients should list a trust as a beneficiary of their IRA.

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Markets have generally rewarded long-term investors, no matter the presidential party or the majorities in Congress, and sticking with a plan can help reduce anxiety and increase control. Help your clients tune out the noise of the election cycle and stick to their long term plan.
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Your clients may be eligible to collect Social Security as early as 62, but if they're in good health and can afford to wait, delaying benefits until age 70 yields greater benefits for most people. Help your clients learn what they can gain by taking Social Security later.
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Retiring business owners have three main options for dealing with a business as a valuable asset: keep it, sell it, or gift it. Which path is best depends on the owner's retirement needs and legacy goals. Learn what options are available to your clients and the ramifications of each decision.
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RMD rules and calculations can be confusing, and SECURE Act 2.0 didn’t simplify things. This quick reference guide can help you talk to your clients about timing of their first RMD, aggregation rules, calculating RMDs, and strategies to reduce RMDs.
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Allocating assets tax-efficiently across account types can potentially reduce your client’s tax liability over the long-term and increase their after-tax wealth. Learn where your clients should hold assets to minimize tax impact.
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Although this letter is not a formal estate planning document, it can be vital for maintaining family harmony and sustaining family wealth over time. Help your clients leave clear wishes during a time of chaos and create a legacy of clarity, calm, and control.
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With purposeful planning, communication, and actions, future generations can gain a sense of stewardship and gratitude for their inherited wealth. Learn strategies to help your clients foster an ecosystem where generational wealth is understood as both a great advantage and a responsibility.
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While a single company stock may have been successful when building wealth, keeping that concentrated exposure when working to preserve or use wealth can be more risky for your clients. Learn more about how you can help your clients lessen the risks associated with a concentrated stock portfolio.
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Most investors have heard about risk tolerance, but when they need to withdraw from growth or savings to support a lifestyle liquidity shortfall, another factor to be mindful of is risk capacity. Learn more about how to determine risk capacity when constructing portfolios.

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