Financial Planning

Do I Need a Financial Plan?

You may have done some planning along the way, but as you reflect on how to enjoy your success, you might ask yourself, “Is it enough?”. There are as many different ways to enjoy what you’ve built – and to pass it along – as there are potential missteps that can hinder your dreams. That’s why you need a plan – one that maximizes your life’s work.

Stay On Track

We understand that life changes, such as marriage, divorce, a new job, a spouse’s death, or the purchase or sale of a home come with financial implications. These events may require modifications to your plan to ensure that your investment plan keeps moving in the right direction. However, when such events arise, we don’t want you to be concerned about your finances. We are happy to have review meetings to accommodate these financial changes and help you stay on track.

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Retirement Planning

Retirement planning is often about trade-offs. If you retire earlier, will you be able to spend two weeks every year traveling the world? If you work longer, will you be able to purchase the vacation home you’ve always wanted? We take the time to get to know you, learn what is important to you and your family and create a strategic plan to achieve your goals. Our planners leverage best-in-industry financial planning software, wealth and risk management strategies, cash flow analysis, Monte Carlo analysis and other tools to help you achieve your retirement goals.

Wealth Management

The Insight Wealth Strategies Investment team focuses on growth equity portfolios, custom strategies and sophisticated stock option modeling. The team adheres to a strict investment philosophy and uses empirical data to potentially generate excess returns over time while striving to reduce internal portfolio expenses. This team has a proven track record of success and will develop and implement a wide range of investment solutions to address your specific investment needs.

Our most important role is to be an objective advocate. We will strive to control costs, be tax efficient and manage risk. This should provide the most effective way of guiding you toward your investment goals.

We rely on the following core principles to help you reach your goals:

Asset allocation provides the foundation to managing portfolio risk and volatility
Tax efficiency is critical
Portfolio expenses must be scrutinized
Analysis is essential to investment strategies and money managers

Risk Management

Insight Wealth Strategies can help you better understand the potential risks to your financial security. Through comprehensive financial planning, we can run long-term care, life insurance and disability insurance analyses to determine where you might be vulnerable. We will work to help you protect your financial assets.

Estate Planning

We strive to provide for a sense of security in life and to optimize the estate of heirs following death. We consider:

Will and trust design strategies
Property ownership alternatives, including the review of titling to coordinate with your overall plan
Estate tax reduction techniques
Life insurance analysis
Qualified plan distribution alternatives
Family gifting strategies
Charitable planning
Employee stock option analysis

How can we help?

We can help you build a financial plan designed to help your savings grow, at your preferred level of risk.

Personalized Strategy

When you engage our services, you benefit from personal attention and our prodigious financial experience. We pride ourselves on providing outstanding customer service and building professional relationships with our clients.

Achieve Your Goals

We take the time to fully understand the needs and goals of you and your family. Then we provide you with the information, advice, and alternatives you will need to make the appropriate decisions about your financial future.

Financial Planning FAQs

What does a financial planner do?

Financial planners guide their clients in a variety of ways including retirement planning, wealth management and advice on a range of topics. This can include: basic budgeting, setting short and long-term financial goals, reviewing potential insurance needs, and comprehensive financial planning.

What is the difference between fee-based and fee-only financial planning?

A fee-only planner is paid directly by his/her clients and does not receive commisions for products sold. Fee-only financial planners act as fiduciaries. A fee-based financial planner is paid by the clients, but can also receive commisions for financial products the client purchases. Fee-based financial planners are required to only recommend products that are suitable for their clients.

What are the key steps when it comes to financial planning?

ENGAGE – Establish and define the client-advisor relationship
COLLECT THE DATA – Gather client data, define goals and establish expectations
ANALYZE THE DATA – Process and analyze information to determine financial needs
DESIGN – Develop and present financial planning recommendations and/or alternatives
IMPLEMENTATION – Implement the financial plan recommendations
REVIEW – Review the financial plan recommendations

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