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Set Your Financial Goals for 2025: A Strategic Approach to Building Your Wealth

Yardley Wealth Management

The Foundation: Emergency Funds and Debt Management The cornerstone of any solid financial plan is having a robust emergency fund. Regarding debt management, consider the current interest rate environment. While that remains important, consider diversifying your retirement strategy.

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Crisis Management Financial Planning: Preparing for Unexpected Events

Carson Wealth

Unexpected events can derail your progress toward your goals and even your financial security if you don’t have a plan for managing them. Financial planning should ideally involve every area of your financial life because they are all interrelated.

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To Better Understand Your Client’s Goals, Listen Carefully to How They Express Them

Don Connelly & Associates

A critical aspect of advising clients is to ascertain their financial goals correctly. If you or your clients don't genuinely understand the goal, your advice could be dangerously off base, and you could lose your client's confidence.

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More than Just Health Insurance: Understanding and Leveraging Your Employee Benefits

Carson Wealth

One thing to consider when choosing health insurance: Many employers offer high-deductible health plans in addition to more comprehensive coverage. High-deductible plans often include Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), which can be a surprising retirement planning tool if utilized properly.

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When Does A Financial Coach Need To Register As An Investment Adviser? The “ABCS” Test To Determine Status

Nerd's Eye View

Notably, while many financial coaches satisfy the majority of these requirements – they are in the business of offering advice to clients and are compensated as such – they often steer clear of making specific securities recommendations, focusing instead on areas like budgeting, debt management, savings, and retirement planning.

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How much do I need to retire? Planning for Your Unique Retirement Needs

Carson Wealth

often fail to consider sequence of return, housing, longevity, health or family risks faced in retirement. Focus on Your Retirement Plan Rather Than a Magic Number. would be “How do I plan for retirement?“ Social Security is a federal retirement plan originally created under the Social Security Act of 1935.

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How to help clients manage their debt

Nationwide Financial

By taking a holistic approach to financial planning, you can help your clients manage their debt effectively and work toward building financial security. Here are three things financial professionals can do to help their clients deal with debt management: 1.