Our financial advisor blogs provide expert insights and advice to help you make informed decisions about your finances. From investments and budgeting to retirement planning and tax strategies, Derek covers a wide range of topics to help you achieve your financial goals.
The success of an organization is largely dependent on its executive leaders. Unfortunately, not all corporations have the capital to offer competitive salaries that entice highly qualified personnel. In such
Whether you are looking for ways to manage your personal finances or that of your organization, finding the right financial services is crucial to meeting your goals. Two of the
You may have a clear vision of your future goals, both after retirement and while you’re in the workforce. But it may be less clear how to get from where
Tennessee has long stood as one of nine states that doesn’t collect income taxes from residents. This, however, only applied to wage income, allowing investment income to be taxed at
You may or may not currently be thinking about selling your business, but even if you aren’t, there’s a good chance the prospect of selling may be the right one
Planning for retirement gets more complicated as you get older. Before leaving the workforce, you need answers to many questions about how much you should have saved, from a yearly
Raising a family and planning for retirement is more complex now than ever. What worked twenty years ago, or even ten years ago, may no longer be feasible today. Successfully
When your organization is entering into an M&A deal, one of the best assets you can have is the benefit of experience. However, a corporation rarely goes through a merger
A: Barb this is a superb question. I can see you have done some homework and this good. One of the most overlooked taxes that heirs in high-income tax states
A: I must commend you on embarking on the need to fulfill some serious financial planning considering recent and proposed tax law changes. For the first time in over twenty years,
A: For most the documentation surrounding who they have designated as their beneficiaries related to their IRAs, 401ks, annuities, and life insurance policies are often completed at the time the
A: Janet, if you are planning for low-interest rates to last, you might want to take a second look at your withdrawal rates in retirement. It seems that a 2.8%
A: Thank you for being an astute planning-minded reader of my weekly blog. As may be the case Jim and many of my other readers, his IRA may have now
Q: Edith recently expressed her concern about outliving her savings and asked, “Dear Derek: I am concerned about outliving my savings, but I hear on TV that annuities are bad, is true? Should
A: Reading between the lines, Betty, I am going to assume you and your late husband made these investments because you were attempting to create a long-term income stream in
