Do you own an IRA with a small balance remaining? Castlepoint Advisor Kristen Buchman, CFP®, discusses tax-efficient year-end giving strategies using Qualified Charitable Donations when you have Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) remaining. Learn how you can close out the year with a positive impact!
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Is $5 Million Enough to Make You Rich?
Is $5 Million enough to make you rich? In this blog post, Castlepoint CEO Kendall King explains why the answer to that question is different for everyone, and provides some practical ways you can find your “enough” number.
Risk Tolerance and Holding Individual Stocks: Part 3 – Reducing Tax Liability
In Part 3 of the “Risk Tolerance and Holding Individual Stocks” series, Castlepoint Partner & CIO Adam Lee, CFA®, discusses the potential financial benefits of holding individual stocks for more than one year and how tax planning and investing go hand-in-hand to reduce overall tax liability.
Back 2 Basics: What do with an old 401k
https://youtu.be/w6_oyY4kefo Congratulations! You just moved workplaces or retired. Now, what do you do with that old 401(k)? In the second installment of the Jake’s Take “Back 2 Basics” series, Castlepoint Partner and Advisor Jake Weatherford, CFP®, lets you know you...
Risk Tolerance and Holding Individual Stocks: Part 2
In the second part of the Risk Tolerance and Holding Individual Stocks series, Castlepoint Partner & CIA Adam Lee, CFA®, eschews wildlife analogies to provide straightforward principles that can help mitigate the risks of picking individual stocks. These principles include holding periods, historical Beta, and implied volatility.
Risk Tolerance and Holding Individual Stocks: Part 1
Holding bobcat and individual stocks both have inherent risks. In this article, Castlepoint Partner & CIO Adam Lee, CFA®, uses bobcat wrestling to explain risk tolerance and compares the risk of individual stocks to a diversified portfolio.
7 Things to Ask Before Asking “Can I Retire?”
Every year, thousands of people ask the big question – “Can I retire?” But is that even the right question to ask? Castlepoint CEO Kendall King says there are seven questions to ask yourself before asking if you can retire.
2022 Portfolio Performance and the Future of Social Security
As we continue to march into a new year, Castlepoint Partner Jake Weatherford, CFP®, and Castlepoint Portfolio Manager Adam Lee, CFA® provide perspective on your portfolio’s performance in 2022, as well as what Social Security may look like in the coming years.
What are RMDs?
RMDs (Required Minimum Distributions) are a necessary topic of conversation when dealing with retirement savings. This video from Castlepoint Advisor Ted Creegan, CFP®, will help you navigate the basics of RMDs.
Financial Planning Journey with Ansel Jeffries
Castlepoint Partner & Advisor Jake Weatherford, CFP®, sits down with Castlepoint Associate & Marketing Specialist Ansel Jeffries to discuss Ansel’s career journey from college to financial planning.