Investment Strategies

Estate Planning Basics: How to Prepare When Meeting with an Estate Planner

One of the most important, and most dreaded, steps in getting your financial house in order is establishing an estate plan and understanding estate planning basics. It’s common to want…

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A Review of the Best Personal Finance Calculators

A good personal finance calculator should be simple to use and understand, but still provide valuable information to the user.  These types of calculators are challenging to find: Google searches tend…

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The Best Way to Minimize Taxes With Asset Location

Did you mean to say asset allocation? That’s usually the response we get from clients when we bring up asset location within their portfolio. Both asset allocation and asset location…

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A Review Of Hedged Equity: Why It Makes Sense Now

What is hedged equity and why should you consider this strategy in your portfolio? We explain in this short video.

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Tax-Smart Ways to Give to a Charity

As the holidays approach, thoughts about giving turn to action for many of us. Before writing a check to your favorite charity, consider the tax advantages of gifting appreciated assets,…

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A Review of the Worst Investing Strategies

If you are like me, you’ve probably grown a little tired of reading about all the smart investing moves you should be making. Instead, let’s think about the dumb things…

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Best Bond Investing Strategies for Today’s Retirees

We have been talking about interest rates with our clients at Glassman Wealth Services for years now, as historically low rates have retirees and those who rely on income from…

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A Review of the Best Low Cost Stock Index Fund Strategies

After tax season, a number of friends, colleagues and clients at Glassman Wealth Services asked me what they could do to reduce their taxes next year. While I’m not a…

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The Surprising Drop in Interest Rates: Good or Bad for Investors?

2013 was not that long ago. While only three short months have passed, what a change of seasons we’ve had in the bond market. You see, coming into year end,…

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The Best Way to Invest in Bonds in a Rising Interest Rate Environment

Bonds are a familiar asset class to most investors, and, at Glassman Wealth Services, they are part of our clients’ portfolios. While bond funds have done well in the past…

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