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December 2020 Market and Economic Update

December 2020 Market and Economic Update

David Shotwell

It’s December and 2020 is drawing to a close. How has the 2020 market been doing? It’s been a year of extremes. As I write this, the stock market is making fresh highs, with the S&P 500 stock index up 14.5% for the year, despite a harrowing journey. The economy was thrown into a recession […]

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How Well Do You Know Your Financial Advisor

How Well Do You Know Your Financial Advisor?

David Shotwell

https://media.blubrry.com/kitchen_table_finance/content.blubrry.com/kitchen_table_finance/kitchen_table_12.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDon’t wonder if your financial advisor is trustworthy and on the level. Do some research. Trust but verify. Bernie Madoff was arrested in December 2008 when his sons revealed that his giant asset management firm was a Ponzi scheme. He had stolen an estimated $64 BILLION dollars in client […]

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Individual Stocks

Why We Don’t Recommend Individual Stocks

David Shotwell

https://media.blubrry.com/kitchen_table_finance/content.blubrry.com/kitchen_table_finance/kitchen_table_13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFrequently when we meet people who handle their own investments, they like to talk about individual stocks. I can understand why. Individual stocks have a story that you can wrap your head around, such as Pfizer creating a vaccine for Corona Virus, to borrow from current headlines. Or Tesla […]

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Evaluating the State of Michigan Health Plan Options

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The State of Michigan is in round two of open enrollment for 2020, and there are some changes in the State of Michigan Health Plan Options that are worth evaluating. Here are our thoughts on how to assess the State of Michigan’s health plans for 2021.  What’s changing?  The significant change for 2021 is the […]

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Medicare and Your Financial Plan

Jeff Rutter

A few days ago we hosted a webinar on Medicare and Your Financial Plan, featuring Justine Bell from Cedar River Insurance in Okemos. Justine specializes in helping people understand their Medicare coverage and making smart choices concerning coverage options and Medicare supplement policies. Medicare is complicated and the features and benefits are often misunderstood. Justine’s […]

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Michigan No – Fault Insurance Changes Event Recording

Jeff Rutter

Last week, Ben Rathbun, CAWC with the Rathbun Agency in Lansing gave a presentation for our clients on the changes to Michigan’s auto insurance law and how to evaluate the new choices available. We recorded Ben’s presentation and you can watch it here to learn more.   Governor Whitmer signed historic auto no-fault legislation that […]

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Investment Accounts and Taxes

David Shotwell

Taxes are a fact of life, and investment accounts that are not an IRA or a Roth IRA can have an impact on your taxes. For non-retirement investment accounts, you will receive a 1099 at tax time that outlines the income that the account generated and ca…

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Every Financial Plan Is Wrong

Every Financial Plan is Wrong

David Shotwell

“Every financial plan ever produced is wrong” – Joe Duran, United Capital I have to admit, as someone who creates financial plans, when I first heard one of our industry’s thought leaders make that statement in an interview I cringed a little. Bu…

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