5 Sound Investment Fundamentals

The return of volatility to the market is real and may cause investors to feel uncertain and fearful, compelling them to make portfolio changes. Do not overreact—staying the course may be your best strategy; however, this assumes you have a formalized investment plan in place. To help you chart your course, we’d like to offer you 5 sound investment fundamentals.

5 Essential Questions for Choosing a Tax Advisor

Along with important criteria relative to integrity, credentials, experience, education, services offered, and fees, we suggest that you ask the following 5 questions to gain valuable insight into the quality of relationship you can anticipate and how it will impact your overall financial health.

When Life Happens: Your Children Start Having Children

If you are ready to retire, entering a second career, caring for aging parents, or have adult children, you won’t want to miss our series about the financial implications, opportunities and gotcha’s regarding life challenges. In our last story about James, age 60, a VP and Director at a publicly-held company in Radnor and his wife, Jeanne, age 58, owner of a small Public Relations firm in Wayne, we focused on the pros and cons of remodeling their Main Line home vs. moving to Center City. Now the Carlsons are about to become grandparents and are considering all the financial consequences for themselves, their children, and future grandchildren.

Year-End Tax Income Planning: Tried and True Ways to Manage Taxable Income

While the TCJA drastically changed several tax provisions, many year-end planning tactics remain. Managing taxable income is important not only for the new QBI deduction, but also for the additional Medicare tax and Net Investment income tax. Lowering your taxable income may also enable you to claim credits and other tax breaks that are phased out over varying levels of AGI.