By Jason Oshins, Financial Advisor, MBA Music is the perfect analogue for wealth planning. All parts are interrelated, with each component complementing the others. It requires balance, and once out of alignment, its results are compromised. This is true, irrespective of the music genre. For me, absolute perfection is represented by the Beatles. The lyrics complement the melody, the chorus complements the verses. Each player’s contribution complements the aggregate. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. I recently had the gift of a day in the studio with another favorite band of mine, the English Beat. My…
One of the Most Important Documents that Most Estate Planners Don’t Have
Download Printable Article By Kristina Schneider, Executive Assistant If you’re an estate planning attorney with your own law practice, there’s a good chance that you don’t have one of the most important manuals in your practice: an Employee Handbook. In fact, this may also be the case for other estate planning professionals as well, such as CPAs, financial advisors, or life insurance agents. The fact is, if you have your own business and you have employees working for you, an employee handbook is a must-have necessity as part of your business for all of the reasons laid out below. What…
Estate Planning to Elder Law: It’s As Natural As Growing Old
Download Printable Article By Louis W. Pierro, Esq. Are you looking for new services to offer your estate planning clients? Have revenues recovered since the permanent $5 million estate tax exemption was enacted? Prepare your office for the age wave and build your practice using skills you already possess as an estate planner. Living longer and in greater numbers is only a piece of the aging puzzle. The way we age is about to undergo a radical transformation, as Baby Boomers begin to turn 70 in 2016 at the rate of 10,000 per day. How we die has also changed…