Will You Need Permission to Spend in Retirement?

5 strategies to help under spenders get over the hump of tapping their investments. My husband and I sold some appreciated stock in 2022, resulting in a much bigger-than-usual bill on tax day this year and several tight months for our household budget after that. Why...

A Half-Century Later

My parents recently moved out of the house they’d lived in for 50 years. A half-century might sound like quite an accomplishment. But they stayed too long. Their home was a 1940s two-story gray stone house north of Pittsburgh, with a three-quarter acre yard. At the...

August 2023 IWM Planning News

In this Newsletter: Put Your Money Where Your Values Are Coming in 2024: New 529 Plan to Roth IRA Rollover Option Financing Options to Help You Ride the Mortgage Rate Roller Coaster Read Full Planning Newsletter Here…

An Educated Choice

When I was young and unschooled about money, I borrowed thousands of dollars to attend Northwestern University. As I recall, tuition was around $12,000 a year in 1980, and I had only $3,000 to my name. How could I pay? The dean sent me a letter explaining that the...