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Social Security

When should you apply for Social Security retirement benefits?

Blog, Retirement Planning, Tax PlanningBy Paul Fain, CFP®March 11, 2019

A viewer asks, “When is the best time to start taking Social Security?” Our moneyman, Certified Financial Planner™ Paul Fain joins us now with answers.   PAUL, MAYBE WE SHOULD START BY REVIEWING THE EARLIEST AND THE LATEST THAT YOU CAN START SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS… Age 60:        Widow/Widower Age 62:        Reduced normal benefit

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Tips To Help Avoid “Bad” Investments

Blog, Current Events, InvestingBy Paul Fain, CFP®March 4, 2019

Over the past few months, several investor lawsuits have made headlines in the Knoxville area. How can you avoid making bad investments? What are the right questions to ask before writing a check to a financial advisor? Our moneyman Paul Fain, president of Asset Planning Corporation, joins us again with tips to protect your money.

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What does ‘long-term investing’ really mean?

Blog, Current Events, InvestingBy Paul Fain, CFP®February 27, 2019

What does the term “long-term investing” really mean? How long is long-term? One of my favorite clients, Jim, just turned 95-years old. He is sharp as a tack. He is a patient, humble, and gracious man. He is definitely a “long-term” investor. When he was born in 1924, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) stock

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Reverse Mortgages

Blog, Cash Flow Planning, General Planning, Retirement PlanningBy Paul Fain, CFP®February 25, 2019

This week on Sunday Money we’ve got a viewer question for our moneyman, Certified Financial Planner™ Paul Fain, from Jim: Don’t know if you have ever discussed this but what about your thoughts on a reverse mortgage? I’m not a fan and would never do it but someone that may be in financial difficulty might

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Special Tax Provision only for Age 70 and Above!

Blog, Tax PlanningBy Joe Ottaviano, CFP®February 20, 2019

Give Directly From Your IRA to Your Favorite Charity Background: In the year that a taxpayer reaches age 70-1/2, the IRS requires minimum distributions (RMD) to begin. If you do not need all of the RMD for living expenses, there is a provision which allows distributions to be made directly to a qualified charity thereby excluding

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Estate Planning Basics

Blog, Estate PlanningBy Paul Fain, CFP®February 18, 2019

According to a recent survey from Caring.com, six in ten American adults do not have a will or living trust. Just what is an “estate plan?” Certified Financial Planner Paul Fain joins us again with your Sunday Money.     WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE IGNORE ESTATE PLANNING? The two main reasons that people ignore

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Tips for Millennials Filing Their Taxes

Blog, Tax PlanningBy Paul Fain, CFP®February 13, 2019

  Millennials fear their taxes. Four out of every five young adults say they worry about making a mistake on their 1040. We continue with more tax tips this week from our Moneyman, Paul Fain, president of Asset Planning Corporation.     DO MILLENNIALS FACE A DIFFERENT TAX SITUATION THAN MOST FILERS? Yes in some

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Taxes

What You Need to Know About Preparing Your Taxes

Blog, Tax PlanningBy Paul Fain, CFP®February 4, 2019

With tax preparation in full season before the April 15th filing deadline, taxpayers might be shocked by the bottom line on their tax return. Our MoneyMan Paul Fain, president of Asset Planning Corporation, joins us now with some tax advice for your personal financial plan.     IN GENERAL, DO MOST TAXPAYERS UNDER- OR OVER-WITHHOLD

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Contentment

In pursuit of contentment vs. discontentment

Blog, Current Events, General PlanningBy Paul Fain, CFP®January 29, 2019

Joy. Gratitude. Contentment. These words often seem alien to modern life in America. “Discontentment” is a multibillion-dollar industry. “Advertisers get discontentment,” writes Annie Leigh Edwards for The Grit and Grace Project, an online magazine and podcast. If I had … if I could … if I was … are like sand in our eyes, an

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Successful Retirement

6 Tips for Planning a Successful Retirement

Blog, Retirement PlanningBy Paul Fain, CFP®January 28, 2019

What steps can you take to kick-start your successful retirement planning in 2019? Certified Financial Planner Paul Fain joins us now with 6 moves to make right now!     WHAT ARE THE FIRST STEPS TO BOOST OUR SUCCESSFUL RETIREMENT PLANNING? Boost retirement contributions: The maximum annual 401(k) contribution limit is $19,000. If that’s not

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