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Investment Strategies
Providing investment expertise and strategies for individuals, corporations and municipalities.
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Associated with Lincoln Financial Advisors/Sagemark Consulting
A financial advisor you can trust; an organization you can count on. With Ainley Financial Group and Lincoln Financial Advisors, you get both. Here's how we work:
- We identify your needs and objectives.
- We fully analyze and evaluate your personal situation.
- We give you input and advice to help you make timely, informed decisions.
Helpful Content
Weighing the Benefits of Prepaid Debit Cards
It's important to understand the pros and cons when considering a prepaid debit card.
No Cash, No Checks, No Problem
Peer-to-peer payment apps are one of the newest ways to send money.
Thinking of Retiring Abroad?
However exciting retiring abroad may sound, it deserves considerable planning.
Estate Management Checklist
Is your estate in order? This short quiz may help you assess your overall strategy.
How Stocks Work
Understanding how a stock works is key to understanding your investments.
Changing Unhealthy Behaviors
Five phases to changing unhealthy behaviors.
How Income Taxes Work
A quick look at how federal income taxes work.
Protecting Your Business from the Loss of a Key Person
Business owners may be able to protect themselves from the financial consequences of losing a key employee.
Helpful Retirement Strategies for Women
Learn how to address the challenges that women face when planning for retirement.
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Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.
Long-Term-Care Needs
Determine your potential long-term care needs and how long your current assets might last.
How Much Home Can I Afford?
With a few simple inputs you can estimate how much of a mortgage you may be able to obtain.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
Social Security Taxes
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be considered taxable.
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Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
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A Fruitful Retirement: Social Security Benefit
Taking your Social Security benefits at the right time may help maximize your benefit.
16 Wall Street Cliches in 60 Seconds
Pundits say a lot of things about the markets. Let's see if you can keep up.
Risk Tolerance: What’s Your Style?
Learn about what risk tolerance really means in this helpful and insightful video.
Retiring the 4% Rule
A portfolio created with your long-term objectives in mind is crucial as you pursue your dream retirement.
What Smart Investors Know
Savvy investors take the time to separate emotion from fact.
RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?