by Chip Workman | Jun 15, 2022 | Financial Planning, Personal Stories
As I blogged a while back in “Counting Calories”, my wife and I started the year in the most clichéd way possible and hired a virtual trainer to help us with our nutrition. Before we began, we were issued the rules of engagement. Weigh ourselves each morning. Record...
by Chip Workman | Jan 26, 2022 | Financial Planning, Personal Stories
In what may be the very most cliché way to start a new year, my wife and I have started working with a virtual nutrition & fitness trainer the last few weeks in the hopes of shedding a few unwanted pounds. This isn’t a diet, per se. We’re not cutting carbs, eating...
by Michael Raidt | Dec 29, 2021 | Financial Planning, Personal Stories
As we near the end of 2021 I’d like to start by wishing all our readers a very Happy New Year. It’s my hope you’ll find success in your resolutions, and that 2022 is good to you and your families. Around this time last year, I put together a Financial Advisor’s...
by Sarah Tenhundfeld | Dec 15, 2021 | Financial Planning, Taxes
Key facts and figures to help you plan for the new year. Increased Retirement Plan Contribution Limits The IRS announced that the 2022 contribution limit for 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans, and the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan will increase to $20,500....
by Jeannette Jones | Oct 27, 2021 | Financial Planning
This headline grabbed my attention: U.S. Propane Market Headed for ‘Armageddon’ This Winter, IHS Says. The research firm quoted, IHS Markit Ltd., is predicting a shortage of propane in some regions of the U.S. before the end of winter, along with increasing prices...
by Jeannette Jones | Sep 22, 2021 | Financial Planning, Personal Stories
About six weeks after we returned from India for the wedding of our son and his wife in early February 2020, Ohio shut down businesses and schools to slow the spread of Covid, and our planned wedding reception for all our friends and family in the U.S. had to be...