Investing
How Will Rising Interest Rates Affect Stocks?
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® … and what do rising interest rates (and inflation) mean to your long-term success? Maybe less than you think… or is
March 5, 2018
Category: Life Insurance
Investing
Should You Buy TERM Insurance and INVEST the Difference?
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® BUY TERM INSURANCE! INVEST THE DIFFERENCE! That’s the mantra that’s been preached (mostly by tv gurus selling their DVDs) since the
February 5, 2018
Estate
Here’s Your Important Document Checklist!
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® A fiduciary advisor is good to have; but, YOU are a kind of fiduciary, too! Your family depends on you,
January 8, 2018
Inflation
Managing Retirement Income Decisions During Retirement
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Managing retirement income has never been easy. Those who retired in the early 1970s saw interest rates rise dramatically, then fall
November 27, 2017
Business Owners
What To Do With Business Sale Proceeds
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® When you receive business sale proceeds, you’ll likely pay a capital gains tax; but, that may not be the end
October 30, 2017
Family Issues
Old-Age Financial Security: Silence is NOT Golden, yet Some aren’t talking!
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Generational planning didn’t seemimportant for old age financial security in my grandparent’s day. They were living at a time when Social
July 17, 2017
Investing
Should You Buy Term Insurance and Invest the Difference?
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® I first heard this mantra in the 1970s. It resurfaced again in the ’80s and again in the 90s. Funny
March 22, 2017
Life Insurance
What’s Your Focus?
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Most people buy life insurance based on the same outdated advice they’ve been given for years. It’s predictable: buy term –
March 14, 2017
Business Owners
Is Your Business A Ticking Grenade?
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Did you know that as much as 80% to 90% of many business owner’s net worth is tied-up in their businesses?
February 28, 2017
Life Insurance
Will My Money Last?
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Scott and Linda (not their real names) are in their 50s and have done a lot of things right: They’ve worked
January 31, 2017
