Planning resource library

Articles, calculators, and guides organized by the decision you are trying to make.

Use these resources to explore retirement income, investments, life insurance, annuities, tax-aware planning, business-owner decisions, and estate or legacy coordination. When a topic starts to feel personal, that is usually the right time to talk through it directly.

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Income planning, Social Security, retirement readiness

Retirement Planning

Retirement income, Social Security, pensions, timing decisions, and the planning questions that come up before and after retirement.

10 resources
401k, IRA, Roth, RMDs

401k, IRA, Tax & RMDs

Tax-sensitive retirement account decisions, Roth conversions, required minimum distributions, and IRA or 401k planning topics.

18 resources
Insurance, estate, beneficiaries, college

Insurance, Estate & Education

Protection planning, life insurance, estate and beneficiary coordination, education funding, and family security topics.

10 resources
Saving, investing, compounding

Wealth Accumulation

Saving, investing, compounding, portfolio growth, and decisions for families and professionals building long-term wealth.

8 resources
Cash flow, debt, budgeting

Cash Flow, Debt & Budgeting

Cash flow, debt payoff, savings habits, budgeting frameworks, and the practical foundation that supports larger planning decisions.

8 resources
Mortgages, advanced retirement, special cases

Advanced Retirement, Mortgages & Special Cases

More specialized planning questions, including mortgage decisions, retirement edge cases, and advanced planning scenarios.

10 resources
Job changes, benefits, rollovers

Job Transition Planning

Planning around job changes, benefits, retirement accounts, insurance decisions, and income transitions.

6 resources
Planning process, fees, coordination

Financial Planning

Big-picture planning concepts for coordinating investments, insurance, retirement, cash flow, and legacy goals.

1 resource
Resource hubs and collections

Hub

Collection pages and resource hubs that organize related tools and articles around a larger planning topic.

7 resources
Latest resources

Recent articles and tools

Career & Job Transition Planning

Life Insurance After Leaving a Job: Portability vs. Conversion

Life Insurance After Leaving a Job: Portability vs. Conversion Life insurance is often part of an employer benefits package. When employment ends, that coverage may change. Some group life insurance ends. Some coverage may continue for a limited time. Some plans may offer portability or conversion options. The details depend on the employer plan, the… Read More

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Career & Job Transition Planning

Job Transition Financial Planning: What to Review When You Leave, Lose, or Change a Job

A job transition can change more than your paycheck. Whether you are starting a new role, retiring from an employer, leaving a company, or dealing with a layoff, your job may be connected to several parts of your financial life. Employer benefits, retirement accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, health coverage, tax withholding, beneficiaries, and household… Read More

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Insurance, Estate & Education

Wills & Trusts Seminar

Join us for a free educational seminar on wills, trusts, probate, and estate planning basics. Guest presenters from Generation Living Trusts will discuss common estate planning questions, including: • What probate is and why families try to plan around it• How wills and living trusts are different• Why title, beneficiary designations, and incapacity planning matter•… Read More

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Uncategorized

Completing the LUTCF® Designation: A Step Forward in Serving Clients

The LUTCF® coursework covered a broad range of topics, including protection planning, retirement planning, investments, tax considerations, estate planning, and special needs planning. These are the kinds of areas that often overlap in real financial planning conversations, and I wanted a designation that reflected that bigger picture.

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401(k), IRA & Retirement Account

How to Find Old 401(k) Accounts

Changing jobs is common. Losing track of an old retirement account is common too. Maybe you had a 401(k), 403(b), pension, profit-sharing plan, ESOP, or other retirement plan at a previous employer. Then the company changed names, merged, switched plan providers, or stopped sending statements to your old address. The good news: there are practical… Read More

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Financial Calculators Hub

Access 46 free financial calculators for Utah families in Sandy, Draper, and South Jordan. Plan compound growth, retirement, and cash flow.

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