Many people have trouble understanding interest rates and how to calculate them, which can lead to an incorrect interpretation of financial information. Fortunately, TC Financial Calculators can make rate calculations simple. The Financial Calculators in Truth Concepts include Future Value, Present Value, Interest Rate, Payment, and Time Period. You’ll find
If you’re at all familiar with whole life insurance strategies, you may think it’s possible to get ahead while carrying a loan balance. We won’t say it’s impossible (especially with the right strategies), however, we would challenge you to think a little bit deeper about the numbers at play. Let’s
87 is the new 65… However, while human longevity is improving, people’s conception of retirement is not. Many people continue to operate as if 65 is the ideal age to retire. Yet this utopian ideal of retirement simply doesn’t align with reality: people are not saving enough to retire for
If you’re a financial advisor, you are also likely an entrepreneur on some level. Entrepreneurs are innovators, problem solvers, and highly motivated business people: these are just a few of the characteristics that make an entrepreneur stand out. Often, entrepreneurs are driven to stay at the cutting edge of their
Different stages of life mean different stages of financial advice. And while many advisors do a great job of educating clients on financial products and assets, there’s something to be said about the “non-financial” assets that clients can accumulate. As an advisor, speaking with your clients about their desires can
Dan Sullivan of Strategic Coach recently posted on LinkedIn: “My definition of selling is two-fold. The First part is that you intellectually engage the person you’re selling to with a future desirable result, something that would be an improvement or achievement in their life. And it’s not what you want
What’s the major reason that people want to have their house paid off? In most cases, people fear a scenario where they can’t pay their mortgage, so they spend more money up front. Too often, this puts them in the scenario they were trying to avoid. It all comes down
How much do you really know about retirement? It’s commonly practiced throughout the world that, at a certain age, it’s time to leave the workforce. Yet do you know why it exists, or how it came to be? And does retirement as we perceive it even work anymore? The Beginning
Bill Ackman, chairman of Pershing Square Capital Management, recently proposed an idea to “save” capitalism. Framed as a panacea for growing disillusionment with capitalism, he recommends that every child have a sum of money invested on their behalf. The idea is that an 8% annual return should make them millionaires by retirement.
It’s critical that, as advisors, we maintain the integrity of the trade by representing our products acurately. Let’s analyze the myth of the policy loan.