Eric Berner & Dustin Baucom
Financial Advisors

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IRA Eligibility

Use this calculator to determine whether you qualify for the different types of IRAs.

Retirement Plan Early Distribution

Estimate how much would remain after paying income taxes and penalties if you took an early distribution from a retirement plan.

Credit Card Debt

How Long Will It Take to Pay my Balance?

Net Worth

A balance sheet summarizes your assets and liabilities and reveals your net worth.

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HOT TOPIC: Sum of All Fears: Are Risk Aversion and Greed All in the Mind?

Do you change your investment strategy as the markets go up and down, or do you stay the course? As difficult as it may be, staying the course is usually the more advisable approach — but research shows that you may need to defy your brain to do it.

HOT TOPIC: The Personal Saving Rate: What It Doesn't Mean to You

The term "personal saving rate" can be misleading. It doesn't define "saving" in the same way that most people do. What should the personal saving rate mean to you?

Save the Date

There are several key retirement milestones tied to specific birthdays or ages. This quiz asks readers to identify several.

Beware the Better-Than-Average Effect

Economists have found that, on average, people tend to believe that their own lives are improving at a faster rate than most everyone else's.

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