Modern Day Literacy – More Than Just Words Credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, tax returns, college savings plans, 401(k)s . . . money (in all of its flavors) is all around us. But do we as a society really understand it? Are we financially literate?…
As has become an annual event, the Yeske Buie Financial Planning Team (Dave Yeske, Elissa Buie, Yusuf Abugideiri, Lauren Stansell, Camille Bouvet, Zach Bennedsen, Ryan Klemm, Dan Tripp, and Ryan Rasmussen) once again attended FPA’s Far West Roundup in Santa Cruz, California. At Far West…
Could you be making your mortgage payments more efficiently? Refinancing may offer you the opportunity to align your mortgage more closely with your broader financial goals. That said, refinancing is a complex decision, and many factors will affect your interest rates and optimal payoff timing….
While anything from planning your next vacation to planning your next trip to the dentist can seem more fun than reviewing your estate plan, taking time to think about how your assets will flow after you are gone is extremely important. Aside from ensuring that…
The word “wellness” is often prefaced with an adjective: for example, physical wellness, financial wellness, or social wellness. If you are unfamiliar with the term, social wellness involves having meaningful relationships and creating a support system that includes family members and friends. This kind of…
There are many facets of exploration into the Social Security System and the focus is often on when to collect benefits and how much the benefits will be. There are, however, other pieces of Social Security to be reviewed and discussed prior to that time…
Health Care Costs in Retirement – Projecting for an Uncertain Future Financial Planning is a profession full of unknowns – you don’t know how the market will perform, you don’t know exactly how much you’ll spend in retirement, and you definitely don’t know what your…