Financial Advisors

September is the month many of us associate with “back to school.” September of 2021 is a singular back to school moment for many students who experienced an interruption to their in-person education due to the pandemic. Perhaps that makes this school year extra special and a good time to re-evaluate your child’s financial education. After all, you are preparing your children for a self-sufficient future, not to boomerang back to the care of mom and dad! Our Entrust advisors ...

Uncertainty continues to be a primary characteristic of our current experience, as it has been since the beginning of the spring season. And if you are like many of us, this uncertainty may be causing financial questions to swirl in your mind. We have answers and as our Entrust clients know, we have a structure in place to provide them to those not yet working with us—Entrust’s Second Opinion Service. What about cost? Spending extra money right now for ...

We all want to make the right decisions when it comes to our money. Therefore, at Entrust we identified three components of wealth management that can make all the difference to you, when it comes to long-term financial success. These are: Holistic wealth management planning for the long-term Values and goals-based portfolio strategy (rather that product-based) Periodic review meetings to assess and refine planning, as needed There may be no better illustration of the need for these three components than ...

In today’s world of “instant,” concepts such as value and worth may no longer be second nature to many of us. For instance, an appraisal of the monetary value or worth of your business, as you anticipate selling it to fund your retirement plan, can depend on a variety of factors you might not have thought of—including whether you have paved the way for selling it and how quickly you want to exit. Tracey M. Jasey, Partner, MPI Business ...

Preparing for retirement is often identified as the number one concern of middle-class millionaires. The implied solution for resolving this concern is rather straightforward: Build a portfolio large enough to generate the income you need for the style of living you prefer, and you are good to go. After all, having a good income during your working years made all the difference. Won’t it be the same in retirement? Well, maybe, but then again maybe not—due to what we, ...

Most of us want to retire—someday. And we aim for our investments to appreciate so that we can distribute income from them throughout our retirement years, without running low on money and equally importantly, without diminishing our style of living. As the capital markets gradually appreciated during 2017, our goals for making work optional—retirement—felt good indeed. Now that volatility has returned with a vengeance, it can take a dose of faith to stay invested. However, there are three things we ...

Achieving “millionaire status” is the financial aspiration of many. However, when we do the math in 2018, we realize that for most of us accumulating a million dollars for the future is just step one. With the disappearance of pensions and escalating costs for health care as we age, we need to have multi-millions set aside for our retirement. After all, we do not want our style of living to diminish down the road; if anything, we want it to ...

This is the time of year when we wish that every financial document we have was expertly filed in just the right place, so that heading off to our accountant to take care of our income tax-filing could be seamless and stress-free. However, many of us procrastinate the task of organizing our financial documents. If you tend to put off this seemingly daunting and just plain uninteresting responsibility, we encourage you to follow these three easy steps: Gather your financial ...

Bringing cheer to all we meet during the holidays is a fantastic expression of the love we feel–for our families, friends, colleagues, and our community. It is a spontaneous affirmation of the interdependence of the lives we enjoy. In light of this sentiment, we invite you to join us in the following endeavor honoring an incredibly courageous girl, Alaina, who has been battling Ewing Sarcoma since she was eight years old. Time is of the essence. If you would like ...

You would not expect a business to succeed unless the owners established short and long-term goals, and took the time to track expenses and income. When it comes to couples and money, the same expectations hold true. Setting goals and tracking financials can make all the difference to a lifetime of financial success. But as you know, not all couples experience financial success. What stands in the way? First, couples are often unsure how to collaborate with one another ...