Identifying your financial goals and resources is important for designing a successful financial plan. We will analyze cash flow, debts, savings, investments and retirement accounts and help develop a roadmap to achieve a carefully planned future.
We’ll provide allocation guidance according to your risk tolerance and financial goals.
We operate as a two-way road, channeling mediation guidance through certain life-phases that will overall assist in the construction of your financial agenda.
We realize the importance of building your portfolio and believe that a long-term collaborative relationship allows for more meaningful results.
We assist clients with retirement planning by reviewing the balance between needs and resources. Accurate analysis requires careful consideration of cash flow needs, lifestyle changes, and goals for a successful retirement.
We run different scenarios with varying assumptions about spending, inflation, investment growth, and longevity. We help establish appropriate withdrawal strategies for retirement and help with important decisions related to retirement planning:
Funding pre-retirement accounts to create income sources in retirement
Consolidating accounts to simplify your retirement life
Actively involving your employer sponsored 401k or 403b
Analyzing company pension plans and assistance in electing payout options
Discussing life insurance and long-term care insurance
Suggesting when to collect Social Security
Helping clients make the transition from being a saver to becoming a spender
Investment vehicle selection is important, but so is diversified asset allocation and rebalancing. FPIS reviews portfolios on an ongoing basis and provides recommendations to clients for rebalancing funds among different investment categories within each client’s unique portfolio.
As an independent-minded team, we are not aligned with any broker-dealer or family of mutual funds. We are free to use the investment vehicles of our choice. Being a fee-only advisor, FPIS uses primarily no-load, transaction fee mutual funds and exchange-traded index funds (ETF’s).
We invest for the long-term with our primary search criteria for investments including low expenses, a long-term track record and a strong reputation among fund families. We are not market timers and don’t make predictions about short-term market behavior. Instead we react to market conditions and leave our emotions out of the process by sticking to a disciplined game plan for the long-term. Put simply, our re-balancing strategy is to buy low, sell high as we return to predetermined targets for investment categories with each re-balancing opportunity.
Our tax department is very knowledgeable about taxes. We offer tax planning, estimates and preparation of returns for most individuals. We consider the tax impact of investment changes, retirement withdrawals, collecting Social Security, required minimum withdrawals from retirement accounts, inheritance and other important events. Tax planning is another way to enhance advisor alpha and build long term relationships with clients.
We are not estate planning attorneys and do not sell insurance because we are a fee-only practice, but we have an wide ranging amount of knowledge on both subjects. We offer open discussions to educate clients on various insurance types and estate planning concepts and work with outside trustworthy professionals.
A look at estate planning documents is generally necessary to make sure your goals are achieved. Estate planning typically involves checking beneficiaries, considering trusts, possible lifetime gifting and preserving assets for your family. When estate planning topics and insurance require specialized advice or action, we can help lead you to trustworthy resources in these fields.
Setting aside funds for your family’s education is important. We discuss the pros and cons of 529 College Savings Plans, Educational Savings Accounts, Roth IRA’s, Unified Transfers to Minor accounts and general savings. As with any financial goal, we help formulate plans based on needs and resources for providing realistic support for education.
Our job is to provide you with the knowledge that makes completing a college education an exciting and pleasant adventure.