Free Financial Topics in Chicago
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Can You Afford to Retire?
Gregory Kurinec, CFP®, MRFC, Bentron Financial Group, Inc.
Request This Free SpeechThis program will help attendees evaluate their readiness for retirement with several self-evaluation exercises. Once the evaluations are complete attendees will be introduced to the Ten Critical Questions. These are the questions that every retiree must answer before embarking on a successful retirement.
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The Stock Market and Major Events since 1941
Michael Magnuson, Wealth Manager, Lincoln Financial Advisors
Request This Free SpeechLearn the trends of the stock market during major events in history. Find out how to benefit from a long-term perspective and how to become a winning investor.
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Your Prosperity Picture – A Five Step Program to: Manage your Money, Design Your Life, Create Your Future
Karen L. DeRose, Certified Financial Planner, DeRose Financial Planning Group
Request This Free SpeechWomen are often conflicted about money. On one hand, they're more financially powerful than they ever have been, according to the Federal Reserve, controlling 51% of all wealth in the United States.1 On the other hand, 60% of them describe their investing and planning skills as "below average."2 MORE >
"Your Prosperity Picture" seeks to help financial advisors build assets by bridging that divide with an entertaining, interactive, and inspirational approach rarely seen in the industry. Attendees are introduced to the key steps to creating prosperity, participate in five interactive discussions, and work with a unique hands-on visualization tool to help them connect their money with their lives. They leave armed with tools to potentially see personal financial management as a powerful means to a desirable end, see themselves as worthy, capable managers, and see their financial advisor as a valuable partner in helping them get there.1. Financial Advisor magazine, "Financial Advisors Need to Focus More on Female Clients," by Mike Byrnes, December 2012. Used with permission.
2. Real Simple magazine "Women and Money," by Geraldine Sealey, September, 2012.
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Savvy Social Security Planning for Baby Boomers
Tom Kedzie CFP®, MBA, Financial Planner, RetireWell
Request This Free SpeechIn this presentation you will learn:
* When you should apply for Social Security.
* How to optimize benefits.
* When it makes sense to delay benefits.
* Strategies for coordinating spousal benefits.
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Retirement Plans: What You Know, What You Think You Know and What You Really Don’t Want To Know
Sanford J. Prizant, President, The Prizant Group, Ltd.
Request This Free SpeechThis is an all-inclusive presentation (Think of those all-inclusive resorts!) that was given to the practice managers at the American Association of Orthopedic Executives in April of 2015. The goal was to reaffirm conventional knowledge, educate on present day plan design and fee disclosure issues, and warn of the terror that an IRS/DOL audit will bring upon your house. This presentation is about one hour and is extremely fast paced, informative, and entertaining. MORE >
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Money in Politics
Nic Zito, Entrepreneur and Elected Official, NicZito.com
Request This Free SpeechThe truth about money in politics from an elected official. What influence does it have and how much does it cost to run? Real numbers
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Riding the Wave
David R. Nielsen, President, Big Wave Advisors
Request This Free SpeechCan the study of ocean waves can help forecast financial markets? As with waves on the ocean, financial market activity ebbs & flows in cycles that repeat. David developed a method that forecasts financial markets with proven precision. This talk will debunk traditional investment principals and give you a completely new insight into investing.
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Tax Planning in Retirement
Gregory Kurinec, CFP®, MRFC, Bentron Financial Group, Inc.
Request This Free SpeechIf you're nearing retirement or already retired you need to understand how taxes (including the new 2018 changes) impact your retirement income, as it may be possible for you to pay less in taxes on your hard-earned dollars. Since each person's tax situation is unique, and the tax rules can change year to year, it can be challenging to get accurate and timely information. That is why we've developed a special seminar to help people navigate the retirement tax maze. MORE >
Our seminar will equip you with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information regarding retirement taxation, including ways to efficiently harvest your income sources- whether they are Social Security, 401(k)/IRA, other sources, or a combination of them all. -
Advance Health Care Directives
Beth Kljajic, Financial Advisor , Westpoint Financial MassMutual
Request This Free SpeechThe Conversation Project toolkit provides a great starting point to completing an Advance Health Care Directive. We will discuss, interactively, the reasons these instruments are needed, what the goals of them are and that they are dynamic instruments that can be changed as desired. MORE >
I add tools to help this whole conversation become more than just a heavy burden; fun games, books, raffles, TV shows and more liven it up and bring everyone out of their shells. -
Making Retirement Plans Work For You
Sanford J. Prizant, President, The Prizant Group, Ltd.
Request This Free SpeechIn the secretive world of ERISA (Employees Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), the Federal government allows employers to "Massage" profit sharing/401(k) plans to focus the company tax-deductible contributions for the benefit of a few or many. Depending on demographics, available cash flow, and desire to reward certain employees/owners; these Qualified Retirement Plans can be used as a "Tax Shelter" or additional employee benefit. MORE >
The design of the plan is paramount and the vast majority of plan sponsors are "Clueless" in their ability to target certain individuals for different annual company contributions. In this presentation, we talk about how you do it, what it will cost, and how you communicate to your employees.