Financial Life Planning
We begin by exploring your life vision and the range of possibilities given your resources. We help you clarify and prioritize your life goals and then align your saving/spending and investment policies to not only achieve your current life vision but also to position you to enhance it.
Common Questions We Can Help You Answer
- What is the right balance between saving for the future and living well today?
- What if I die or become disabled?
- What resources can we provide our children and still meet other life goals and needs?
- Can I afford to buy a second home?
- Can I afford to support my favorite cause?
- Can we help with our parent's long-term care needs?
- Can I retire and maintain my lifestyle?
A Wealth Management Framework for a Fulfilled Life
Goals & Dreams
Our goal is to help you live a fulfilling life, and to do so we start with your goals and dreams.
We want you to dream big and small, and help you clarify your priorities in a way that aligns yours resources with what is most important to you.
At the end of our process, you will have a goals portfolio and an investment portfolio, both aligned to help you realize your life vision.
Savings & Spending
Savings and spending plans can vary as your resources and priorities change
We help you establish savings and spending plans that align with your goals plan and investment plan. Alignment maximizes your capacity to achieve your priorities given your resources.
Using our Comfort Zone process (see below) , we provide guidance and choices regarding how to adjust as your resources and priorities change.
Investment Policy
Every investor makes four key investment policy decisions whether know it or not. They are:
- Risk allocation policy (think risk tolerance)
- Asset class policy (express your risk allocation)
- Active/passive policy (express strategy preferences)
- Implementation Policy (manage costs and taxes)
You guide us in expressing your values and preferences. We guide you in making these key policy decisions in a way that maximizes expected compensation for bearing investment risk subject to your preferences and constraints.
Our Patented Comfort Zone Process
Experience clarity, confidence, and control with our patented Comfort Zone process
- Your Comfort Zone plan evolves with your life.
- Your Comfort Zone plan evolves with priorities.
- Your Comfort Zone plan helps manage trade-offs.
- Actively balance goals for today versus tomorrow.
- Your Comfort Zone tracks your plan's evolution, adjusts for life events, and delivers the results in understandable plain English.
Tax Strategy
Pre-tax returns matter. After-tax returns matter more.
Our tax strategies seek to minimize investment-related taxes, lifetime income taxes, and estate taxes. In doing so, we will work closely with your CPA and other trusted advisors. Our goal is to keep more of what you earn.
Investment Taxes
- Household-Based Tax Location
- Municipal Bonds
- Tax-Preferenced Investments
- Tax Loss Harvesting
Lifetime Taxes
- Tax Return Analysis & Forecasting
- Roth Conversion Strategies
- Tax-Efficient Withdrawals
- Social Security
Estate Tax Costs
- Trusts / Gifting
- Insurance
- Charitable Giving
- Family Limited Partnerships
A Disciplined Process for Wealth Mangement
Initial Plan
Goals & Dreams
Saving / Spending Policy
Investment Policy
Asset Protection Strategies
Special Considerations
On-going
Comfort Zone Monitoring
Quarterly Status Update
Investment Oversight
Daily Re-balancing Check
Tax Loss Harvesting
Annual
Company Benefits Review
Insurance Needs
Estate Plan Review
RMDs
Roth Conversions