Strategies For Life
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At First Capital Financial Concepts, you’ll find a team of professionals from investments to insurance, from retirement planning to estate planning, and from employee benefits to business planning ready to help you realize your goals.
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A Home Insurance Claim: To File Or Not To File
Learn when it may not make sense to file a claim on your home insurance.
The Lowdown on Those Free Credit Scores
What’s the deal with your yearly free credit report?
Revising Estate Strategy Assumptions
Estate tax exemptions rules appear to be stabilizing, prompting many to reconsider conventional estate strategies.
Tax-Advantaged Retirement Planning
Reduce your tax liability in retirement.
What is Guaranteed Retirement Income?
Get the facts about guaranteed retirement income.
The Anatomy of an Index
The S&P 500 represents a large portion of the value of the U.S. equity market, it may be worth understanding.
An Overview of Renter’s Insurance
Don’t overlook the need for renter’s insurance if you rent your home.
The Ivory Tower Changes Wall Street
Thanks to the work of three economists, we have a better understanding of what determines an asset’s price.
A Living Trust Primer
Living trusts are popular, but their appropriateness will depend upon your individual needs and objectives.
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Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
Inflation & Retirement
Estimate how much income may be needed at retirement to maintain your standard of living.
Can I Refinance My Mortgage?
This calculator can help determine whether it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.
Roth 401(k) vs. Traditional 401(k)
This calculator compares employee contributions to a Roth 401(k) and a traditional 401(k).
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Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
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A Fruitful Retirement: Social Security Benefit
Taking your Social Security benefits at the right time may help maximize your benefit.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate
The New Wild West: Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s future is uncertain, but one thing is for sure: it’s the wild west out there, and there is no sheriff in town.
What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
What Smart Investors Know
Smart investors take the time to separate emotion from fact.
Women and Retirement
Women must be ready to spend, on average, more years in retirement than men.