TheLiveBigWay® Digest – Powerful Planning

Qualified Charitable Distributions – A Powerful Way to Give

Each year, many of our Clients share their charitable intentions with us and we work to ensure they’re able to express those intentions in such a way that they and the charity receive the maximum benefit. Examples of strategies we regularly employ include using Donor Advised Funds, donating appreciated shares of stock, and listing charities as beneficiaries in a Client’s estate plan. Today, we’ll explore yet another strategy – Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD). Read on to learn more about what a QCD is, how to know if you’re eligible, and few ways this strategy could have a significant positive impact on your financial plan.

Estate Planning for Digital Assets

It is no secret that we are rapidly becoming an ever more paperless society. With mobile technology a societal norm, we are replacing all our physical information and documents with digital versions. Instead of letters, we have emails. Instead of photo albums, we have Facebook. However, whether your “stuff” is in your desk or in the cloud it is just as important to make sure that there are appropriate instructions for what to do with everything once you are gone. With this in mind, we offer some helpful questions for you to consider in order to make sure that your digital assets are as well planned for as your physical assets.

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Congratulations, Lauren and Daniel!

Beneath beautifully strong and deeply rooted redwood trees in California, Lauren Grove and Daniel Stansell began a new chapter of their lives together as husband and wife. Surrounded by family and friends including several members of the Yeske Buie team, Lauren and Daniel expressed personal, heartfelt vows, shared their first married smiles and laughs together, and danced the night away. We hope you enjoy the following pictures of the joyful newlyweds and their loved ones engulfed in wedding bliss. And, if you see an email in your inbox from Lauren Stansell, rest assured that we haven’t added a new ‘Lauren’ to our team!

Housing Transitions in Retirement: It’s Your Move

Earlier this week, we hosted a live webinar featuring insights and resources from special guest and life transitions expert, Dr. Jim McCabe, on the topic of housing transitions in retirement. In case you missed the webinar or if you want to hear it again, a recording is now available on our website. We will continue to host live webinars every few months; stay tuned to future editions of the Digest for more details!

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In Case You Missed It: What to Do After the Equifax Breach

As you’ve most certainly heard by now, the credit reporting agency Equifax had a massive breach earlier this year in which consumers’ personal information was stolen. Considering the significance of the breach, chances are good that your data was compromised. We believe in the importance of cybersecurity, breach or no breach, and regularly share suggestions for keeping your personal information safe. Related specifically to the Equifax breach, however, we share our thoughts on monitoring, alerting, locking, and freezing your information to keep your identity protected.