Retirement is a Whole New Ballgame
Put an Expert Team on the Field
Retirement should be about realizing lifelong goals - not worrying about your financial statistics. You need an experienced professional who can help you build investment strategies for lasting financial independence - giving you the freedom to lead an active retirement lifestyle.
Tim Sharer can position your assets for long-term retirement income. As a fee-based asset manager, he leads a team of financial all-stars dedicated to helping you maintain an independent lifestyle in retirement.
Certified Financial Fiduciary
CFF is a professional designation for financial professionals, namely, those who have successfully completed a rigorous certification and training process established by NACFF and The American Financial Education Alliance (AFEA), and who agree to uphold the highest moral, ethical and fiduciary standards of service when providing advice to potential or existing clients.
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Acres of Diamonds
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When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Once Upon a Goal
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Insuring Your Business Against Cyber Liability
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Money Draining Food Myths
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Raising Healthy Children
Healthy habits are one of the greatest gifts to give your child.
An Overview of Renter’s Insurance
Don’t overlook the need for renter’s insurance if you rent your home.
Good Health is Good Business
Good employee health can be great for the company’s bottom line.
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Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings
Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.
How Compound Interest Works
Use this calculator to better see the potential impact of compound interest on an asset.
Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you have the potential to earn during your working years.
Disability Income
This calculator estimates your chances of becoming disabled and your potential need for disability insurance.
Assess Your Life Insurance Needs
This calculator estimates how much life insurance you would need to meet your family's needs if you were to die prematurely.
What Is My Risk Tolerance?
This questionnaire will help determine your tolerance for investment risk.
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Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
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Choosing a Mortgage
Selecting a mortgage isn't an easy process. Get a better understanding of how professionals make the right decisions.
Perception vs. Reality
There’s an alarming difference between perception and reality for current and future retirees.
The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime. Are you prepared?
Events on Wall Street
Can successful investors predict changes in the markets? Some can but others miss the market’s signals.
The Power of Tax-Deferred Growth
Why are 401(k) plans, annuities, and IRAs so popular?
The Cycle of Investing
Understanding the cycle of investing may help you avoid easy pitfalls.