Financial planning takes a comprehensive look at your current financial situation and outlines the steps you need to take to reach your future goals. While there are best practices, financial planning is ultimately to help reach an individual journey. Start creating your financial journey map with us today.
A review of your financial position provides a better understanding of where you are right now. This financial picture will address your balance sheet, cash flow and debt management and if savings are balanced and appropriate for meeting your goals.
Analyze your situation and help find ways to protect your income, assets and, if you’re a business owner, your business, at every stage of your life and as circumstances change.
Design a strategy to help you invest your assets in order to meet your financial goals by taking into consideration your personal situation and tolerance for risk.
When applied appropriately in conjunction with a financial plan, tax strategies can help reduce the impact of taxes on investment returns and income. While only your accountant or attorney may provide tax or legal advice, your financial planner can work with them to coordinate a plan that best suits your needs.
Obviously, the earlier you start saving, the more flexibility and freedom you’ll have to choose the when, how and where of retirement. If you’re a business owner, your financial planner can show you how to take advantage of retirement strategies to help maximize your retirement savings while offering plans that can reward and retain top talent. And even if you’ve already retired, your financial planner can help to ensure that your savings continue to work for you.
Proper estate planning can help you to pass on more of your wealth to your family and charities than to taxes. It can take into consideration the special concerns of young families with minor children, business owners who need to address succession planning or grandparents who’d like to help grandchildren go to college.
*Seek the guidance of your professional tax and/or legal advisor before making any decisions.