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Six End-of-Year Financial Planning Tips
As you prepare for the holiday season, the end of the year is a great time to do some quick housekeeping when it comes to your finances. Here are six quick things you can do to finish the year strong.
Five Reasons You Need an Estate Plan
We have five reasons you should prioritize creating your estate plan, an opportunity to be sure that those you love and care for the most are honored and taken care of.
Changes to FAFSA You Should Know
The FASFA is an important form for students and/or their parents to fill out every academic year to determine how much aid and scholarships students are eligible to receive to help pay for college.
How to Achieve Your Financial Goals
Summer can be a great time to reset and get focused on your intentions for the year. Take advantage of this halfway point of the year by getting focused on your goals with these five steps.
Happy 529 Day!
A 529 plan is a state-level college savings plan that can be a great way to start saving for our children’s (or grandchildren’s) college expenses! Here are the fundamentals.
Tips for Proactive Tax Planning
Proper proactive tax planning helps avoid many unpleasant surprises and outcomes in the future. Let’s go over some financial planning tips you should know!
Required Minimum Distributions – What’s New?
A required minimum distribution (RMD) is a specific amount of money the government requires you to take out of your pre-tax retirement accounts every year starting the April after you turn 72 years old.
Should You Invest in Bitcoin?
With its recent rise in adoption and whirlwind of information, we take a deeper dive to make sense of Bitcoin and the rise of cryptocurrency.
Don't Get Caught in a Coronavirus Relief Payment Scam
Scammers are preying on unsuspecting people to gain access to their relief money. We want to encourage you to be aware of their possible tactics and do not let them be successful with these tips.
Advice for Emerging Financial Planners
So, you want to be a Certified Financial Planner™. Whether you are preparing to graduate from college or making a career change…
Five Activities to Help Kids Develop Good Saving Habits
Money has the potential to influence everything in our lives, good and bad. Children watch their parents and pick up signals about the…
Where Should You Keep Your Important Documents?
If you are like many people, you have all kinds of important documents tucked away in a drawer, which leaves them exposed to theft…
Six Tips for Virtually Onboarding New Employees
The pandemic continues to keep many employees working remotely. Companies are adjusting and still exploring ways to keep co-workers…
A Primer on Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, and ETFs
At a first (and second) glance, investing can appear overwhelming. There is a wide variety of asset classes to choose from…
Celebrating a Very Important Month Through Instagram
As September comes to a close and we experience cooler temperatures and watch leaves change color, we take the time to…
A Letter to the College Graduating Class of 2020
Dear College Graduate: My, what a year it has been - a year like no other. At OLIO, we have been thinking about you and your career…
12 Things To Do If Unemployment Benefits Aren’t Enough
Unemployment benefits increased by $600 per week for up to four months for people out of work due to the coronavirus crisis…
What to Know About the CARES Act and Student Loans
To ease some of the burdens of United States citizens during this time of heightened unemployment, Congress announced the Coronavirus…