Investments and Retirement Planning
At IAS, a comprehensive financial services firm, we've been committed to helping families and business owners improve their long-term financial success since 1989. Our Retirement Income Confidence Process and Portfolio Management Strategies can help you to maximize income and protect cash flow during both the accumulation and distribution phases of your plan.
Estate and Legacy Transfer Planning
Our firm uses a consultative approach focused on growing, protecting and preserving our clients' legacies while implementing strategies to ensure that their desires are fully met. Our goal, acting as financial quarterback, is to provide families with the peace of mind they deserve.
Business Succession Planning
The business is usually the owner's largest asset and the source that greatly impacts the client's retirement and estate plans. Through our professional experience, we guide the business owner through a defined process to determine how to protect, grow and transfer or exit the company in order to realize the full value of the business while meeting the owner's overall objectives.
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Understanding how a stock works is key to understanding your investments.
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How Income Taxes Work
A quick look at how federal income taxes work.
Estimating Your Estate Taxes
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Five Most Overlooked Tax Deductions
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A Taxing Story: Capital Gains and Losses
Understanding how capital gains are taxed may help you refine your investment strategies.
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What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
What Is the Dividend Yield?
This calculator helps determine your pre-tax and after-tax dividend yield on a particular stock.
Should I Pay Off Debt or Invest?
This calculator will help determine whether you should invest funds or pay down debt.
Saving for Retirement
This calculator can help you estimate how much you may need to save for retirement.
Comparing Investments
This calculator compares the net gain of a taxable investment versus a tax-favored one.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
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Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
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Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
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Supporting Local Business In a Crisis
Want to ensure your favorite local spots are around after the pandemic? Learn how to support your community in this video.
Inflation and Your Portfolio
Even low inflation rates can pose a threat to investment returns.
An Arm and a Leg
A visit to the hospital can be painful, for both your body and your wallet. Don’t let it be more painful than it has to be.
Acres of Diamonds
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Where Is the Market Headed?
We all know the stock market can be unpredictable. We all want to know, “What’s next for the financial markets?”
The Long Run: Women and Retirement
For women, retirement strategy is a long race. It’s helpful to know the route.