By Ed McClure, CFP®, PPC® Running a business is hard. You have to offer a valuable service, ensure your clients are happy, manage employees and vendors, and handle all financial and legal matters that arise. You also have to prepare for the unexpected. Most savvy business owners know that there wi...
What Should I Do With My Money in Today’s Market?
By Ed McClure, CFP®, PPC® There’s always a degree of uncertainty in the market, but sometimes people get especially nervous. In previous articles, I’ve discussed why it’s a bad idea to react emotionally when the market is down. Today I want to address a different side of the issue. More risk...
Business Owners: How to Design Your Company’s 401(k) Plan Features
By Ed McClure, CFP®, PPC® If your company offers a 401(k) plan to its employees, you may not realize how many options you have that can benefit your personal retirement as the owner. I often work with companies that have had 401(k) plans in place for years, never realizing how many levers they cou...
Is a Downturn On the Horizon? How We Watch Over Our Clients’ Investments
By Ed McClure, CFP®, PPC® Sometimes what causes the greatest fear is simply not knowing what lies ahead. Billionaire and founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, said, “Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all.” It seems as though things in our world right now could not get any more unkn...
Top 5 Questions Your Plan Administrator Can’t Answer
By Ed McClure, CFP®, PPC® One common frustration we hear from both employers and employees relates to the inability to get answers to your most burning questions about retirement planning. Part of the problem stems from asking the wrong questions, but, more commonly, it’s asking the wrong people...
Retirement Options for Self-Employed Individuals
By Ed McClure, CFP®, PPC® Retirement is inherently more complex if you are self-employed, simply because business owners have to consider a great number of options and scenarios. For any individual company, there are usually multiple options that will technically work, but only one ideal solution....
Could a Defined Benefit Plan (DBP) Work for Your Business?
By Ed McClure, CFP®, PPC® Funding a business owner’s personal retirement plan is one of the most common challenges we work through with small companies. A defined benefit plan (DBP) offers unique ways for some business owners to drastically increase the rate at which they fund their retirement. ...
3 Benefits of Selecting the Right Company Retirement Plan
By Ed McClure, CFP®, PPC® Some employers don’t realize the extent to which their companies’ retirement plans play a key role in the overall business—but the way you pay people shapes the company’s culture. People don’t think about their retirement plans every day, but people really beg...
What Should You Do About the Russia-Ukraine Crisis and Market Volatility?
By Ed McClure, CFP®, PPC® The events of the last few weeks in Ukraine have been stressful and upsetting to many of us. The buildup of Russian forces along the border, rising tensions, and the ensuing attack have caused worldwide shockwaves. People across the globe are understandably concerned and ...
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