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JoAnna I Westcott | Oct 14, 2026

Six Estate Planning Assumptions Worth a Second Look

Estate Planning
Family
Insurance
Retirement
Tax Planning

It's easy to set estate planning aside once you've done a version of it. You sign the paperwork. You name a beneficiary. You mentally close the file.

The only

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JoAnna I Westcott | Oct 1, 2026

Permission to Spend in Retirement: A Skill Rarely Taught

Retirement
Lifestyle
Finance
Savings
Family

For decades, you trained one financial muscle: save, invest, don't touch it. Then retirement arrives and asks you to do the opposite.

Nobody teaches that part

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JoAnna I Westcott | Sep 23, 2026

More Than a Number: The Four Risks That Shape Your Retirement

Retirement
Risk Management
Health
Investments
Finance

Many people can tell you their portfolio balance. Far fewer can tell you what else determines whether their retirement actually works.

That's understandable. The

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JoAnna I Westcott | Sep 9, 2026

Retirement Isn't Just About How Much You Save. It's About When.

Retirement
Risk Management
Investments
Finance
Savings

You can do everything right on paper — save diligently, spend reasonably, stay invested for the long haul — and still land in a very different retirement than

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JoAnna I Westcott | Aug 26, 2026

From Boomers to Gen Z: A Generational Look at Money Habits and Financial Choices

Lifestyle

What financial habits have helped you most in life?

Which ones have held you back?

No matter how you answer those questions, your money habits have a lot to do

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JoAnna I Westcott | Aug 12, 2026

What to Do With Your Next Dollar: A Financial Order of Operations

Finance
Savings
Investments
Retirement
Risk Management

What do you do when you earn well and have generally dialed in the fundamentals: save, invest, reduce debt, stay protected? The challenge was never knowing what

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JoAnna I Westcott | Aug 1, 2026

How to Stay Invested in Volatile Markets Without Losing Sleep

Investments
Risk Management
Savings

Market volatility can feel like a rollercoaster. Thrilling on the way up, stomach-churning on the way down. Even seasoned investors get a little uneasy when the

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JoAnna I Westcott | Jul 22, 2026

Trump Accounts: What Parents and Grandparents Should Know

Education
Savings
Family
Tax Planning
Finance
Investments

Trump Accounts have been in headlines for months. Few of those headlines explain them the same way.

Depending on the article, they sound like a college fund, a

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JoAnna I Westcott | Jul 8, 2026

How Retirement Has Changed Over the Last 75 Years (And What It Means for Your Plan)

Retirement
Lifestyle
Finance

Retirement used to mean a short, quiet final chapter. For many people today, it's something else entirely.

For much of the last century, retirement followed a

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JoAnna I Westcott | Jun 24, 2026

Checking Your Portfolio Isn't the Same as Reviewing It

Investments
Retirement
Tax Planning
Risk Management
Estate Planning

Nearly half of investors check their portfolio at least once a day.1

Many of them aren't reviewing anything.

They're refreshing a number. Watching it move

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JoAnna I Westcott | Jun 10, 2026

Business Succession Planning: Built to Last vs. Built to Transfer

Finance
Retirement
Estate Planning
Family
Investments

Many business owners spend decades building something that works. The team. The reputation. The customers who keep coming back.

Then comes a quieter assumption

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JoAnna I Westcott | May 27, 2026

How to Dive into Business Succession Planning: 10 Key Questions

Investments
Finance
Tax Planning

What will happen to your business when it’s time for you to take a step back?

That can be a tough question that many business owners eventually have to face.

Yet

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