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By Michael Gold, CFP®, MBA Founder & CEO – Wealth Advisor When a couple decides to divorce, the intense emotions and sudden changes can make it feel nearly impossible to think clearly about money and finances. For this reason, I always stress the importance of assembling your team of pr …

By Michael Gold, CFP®, MBA Founder & CEO – Wealth Advisor Something you may not know about me is that I am a big history buff. I am fascinated by the sprawling historic castles that were occupied by reigning kings, queens, dukes and duchesses. What is interesting to me is that many of t …

There is a strong premium on earning a college degree, perhaps driven by previous generations who witnessed the power of education. But you may find yourself receiving a student loan bill every month, even now as you contemplate sending your kids to college. Though an education continues to …

I bet you’ve never heard of Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (DEB). It’s a rare disease where a person’s skin falls off! Areas that are often rubbed, like your elbow from sitting at a table or your thighs from wearing pants, become a constant battle. It’s painful, and patients suffer from f …

By Michael Gold, CFP®, MBA Founder & CEO – Wealth Advisor A big question I get all the time is, “What do I do with my old 401(k) and can I roll it over from my previous job?” The short answer is: yes, you can. When you leave a job after making pre-tax contributions to …

Like gardening or working out, tax planning is one of those activities where you get out of it what you put into it. Plenty of us have a weight bench gathering dust in the garage that hasn’t gotten us into any better shape, or a plot in the backyard that just won’t grow anything because …

By Michael Gold, CFP®, MBA Founder & CEO – Wealth Advisor In my experience as an advisor, I’ve too often seen women held back in financial knowledge because they took years off to raise children or for whatever reason weren’t the financial decision-makers in the house. Later on in life, …

By Michael Gold, CFP®, MBA Founder & CEO – Wealth Advisor People use the word, “strategy” in different ways, but it generally refers to a specific approach to solving a problem. An investor who defines a strategy makes a conscious decision to consider only opportunities that fit the ove …

Retirement is far off until it isn’t. This chapter of life can sneak up on just about anyone, and we do ourselves a favor to be as prepared as we can. Like anything involving the government, finances can be confusing, with different tax treatments, contribution limits, beneficiary rules and more.

As a financial advisor who’s spent her career in the midwest, I’ve worked with more farm families than I can count. From buying new expensive equipment to riding out the drought years, there can be millions in play even on small family operations. Estate planning – splitting up the land bet …

As a CPA, one of the questions that I have been getting more frequently is, “What is a donor-advised fund?” This is not surprising as the number of individual donor-advised fund accounts has grown by over 50% for the second year in a row, according to the National Philanthropic Trust’s 2019 …