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Market Swings & Your Portfolio: What Really Matters

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 Jared Friedman CFP®Investing Intelligence

What’s Happening Sure, all this can be scary when you see it dominating the headlines.   Please know we are watching, we are waiting and we are being patient.  We are prepared to take some risk off if our indicators tell […]

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Should You Consider a Roth Conversion This Year?

March 11, 2025March 11, 2025 Jared Friedman CFP®Financial Planning

A Roth IRA offers a powerful way to create tax-free income in retirement, especially if it aligns with your long-term financial strategy. Since Roth IRA contributions are made with after-tax dollars, qualified withdrawals can be entirely tax-free, provided IRS requirements […]

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Is Market Risk Rising?

March 4, 2025March 6, 2025 Jared Friedman CFP®Financial Planning, Investing Intelligence

After reaching more new highs recently, markets have pulled back and gotten choppy. Let’s break down what’s happening and why it matters. What’s driving recent volatility? Concerns about the impact of inflation and tariffs on consumer sentiment are one major […]

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Feeling uneasy about the market?

February 26, 2025February 26, 2025 Jared Friedman CFP®Investing Intelligence

It’s been hard to miss the wave of attention-grabbing headlines lately. News cycles have been dominated by concerns over Big Tech’s earnings, trade tensions, and a potential economic slowdown in 2025. Even seasoned investors can feel uneasy when faced with […]

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5 Important Tax Considerations for Your Financial Planning

February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 Jared Friedman CFP®Financial Planning

Albert Einstein reportedly once told his accountant, “the hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes.” This observation from the Nobel Prize-winning physicist remains relevant today, as our tax system has only grown more complex in the decades […]

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