Life Insurance: It Was Never Just About Taxes
This article raises important points — plan for the long-term and don’t let taxes direct the planning over more important goals — plus it’s a good review of the many benefits of life insurance. But as I’ve previously noted, the...Study: Staying in unhappy marriage could be best thing you do
Consider also that your estate plan can include incentives to help your kids and grandkids stay married. Having a child puts a strain on relationships, but staying in an unhappy marriage is the best thing you can do for its long-term success, according to a...Irvine police recover heirloom jewelry stolen by jeweler, dating back to 1892
Recovered at a local pawn shop. Who will handle your jewelry, firearms, other important heirlooms? Are they trustworthy? Nicole Sarber, the owner of the heirloom ring from 1892, went public with her ordeal. Sarber’s boyfriend gave the ring to Cervantes, a jeweler and...WATCH: Two twins, separated at birth, meet each other first time LIVE
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This content is for members onlySix Things Family-Owned Firms Should Know About Succession Planning
Among the chief goals of succession planning is providing continuity of management and minimizing the tax costs of transferring property interests to new generations.Source: Six Things Family-Owned Firms Should Know About Succession PlanningMarijuana causes schizophrenia, heart attacks, and firearm prohibition
And don’t forget it also bars you from possessing a firearm, under at least federal law. Marijuana does raise the risk of getting schizophrenia and triggers heart attacks, according to the most significant study on the drug’s effects to date....Twelve “Star Wars” Lessons For Becoming A Financial Planning Jedi
A truly nerdy advisor with too much time on his hands put this together. Why nothing on Star Trek TOS? In preparation for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” here are 15 lessons from the film series to help you be a financial planning Jedi. Source:...President-elect @realDonaldTrump: “We’re going to start saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again!”
President-elect @realDonaldTrump: "We're going to start saying 'Merry Christmas' again!" pic.twitter.com/kzpTKri4sp— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 10, 2016British “Defender of the Faith” aims to defend ALL faiths
Good luck, Chuck: Prince Charles, who will become the supreme governor of the Church of England when he succeeds his mother Queen Elizabeth II, often speaks out about the plight of Christian minorities in the Middle East. But he has long said he wants to be seen as a...#FamilyProtection: University admissions officer calls natural marriage supporters ‘pieces of trash’
[You can insulate your kids: http://SacredHonor.US] FAIRFAX, Virginia, November 15, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — If you believe in traditional, natural marriage, then you are “piece of useless trash” in the opinion of an assistant admissions officer at George Mason...#FamilyProtection: Americans Think Christmas Should Be About Jesus – Rasmussen Reports™
Most Americans still say Jesus is the “reason for the season,” and want to keep the focus on Christmas when it comes to store signs. Source: Americans Think Christmas Should Be About Jesus – Rasmussen Reports™#AssetProtection: How “Gamification”’ Can Improve Family Education and Engagement
Family businesses spend an extraordinary amount of time and capital (financial, human and intellectual) on skill building and education within the family system. Rising members of the family system must master many different skills. Some of these skills can be...#FamilyProtection: ‘Brady Bunch’ (Blended Family) mom Florence Henderson dies at 82
The real Florence Henderson also had a blended family — she got divorced and remarried after some 30 years in a marriage that produced four kids. Blended families (extant or future, through remarriage) are extremely common and good, comprehensive estate...#FamilyProtection: Thanksgiving Survival Guide
This Thanksgiving as your dolloping butter and gravy all over your turkey, which was killed so that you may eat it, if a liberal family member or friend chimes in with something inane about white privilege, Islam, global warming or how butter is going to kill you,...#AssetProtection: When Family Conflict Threatens the Business
When conflict arises between family and business goals, the natural inclination to minimize it can lead to a pattern of dysfunctional communication and greater conflict. The common practice of triangulation rarely leads to resolution of underlying issues and can be...#AssetProtection: Six Steps Couples Should Take When Merging Assets
Here are six steps couples who live together and are committed to each other, who are engaged or who are newly married may not realize they should take when merging assets: Source: Six Steps Couples Should Take When Merging Assets#FamilyProtection: Late motherhood ‘raises breast cancer risk’
Women who put off having children until they reach their 30s are at increased risk of breast cancer, scientists confirmed today. They also found that the rising number of girls who start their periods early have a higher chance of developing the debilitating disease...#FamilyProtection: Yikes! Zika virus may cause men’s testicles to SHRINK up to 90 per cent
ZIKA infection could cause lasting infertility in men, experts in the US warnDoctors found infection in mice caused their testicles to shrink by 90%If findings apply to humans, it could spark an infertility epidemic caused be the disease, experts say Source: Zika...#FamilyProtection: How to Handle Couples Who Fight
Money is one of the most contentious issues in a marriage. In addition, people’s attitudes towards financial matters tend to be shaped by long-standing, deep-rooted childhood experiences. Yet, most advisors aren’t trained to deal with such issues. And that makes for...#AssetProtection: Divorce Is Destroying Retirement
The financial price of divorce is bigger than legal fees and court costs. It also means splitting your assets in two while many costs suddenly double: two homes to maintain, two rents, two electricity bills, and so forth. When women with children divorce, they often...#FamilyProtection: More Than Half of American Adults Are Living Without an Estate Plan
Financial service professionals can step in to help better educate kids and their families using a variety of educational tools like videos, webinars and eLearning platforms. One suggestion is to teach families to view themselves as a “family office”—for example,...#FamilyProtection: How decades of divorce may have helped erode religion
Something viciously circular about this — “decades of divorce” resulted from rapturous Protestant embrace of contraception. People whose parents divorced when they were children are significantly more likely to grow up not to be religious as adults,...#FamilyProtection: Nutt invents ‘hangover-free alcohol’
Consider including provisions in your estate plan discouraging misuse of drugs and alcohol. Even this kind of alcohol: A new type of synthetic alcohol has been discovered which could allow people to enjoy the sociable effects of a few pints, but skip the hangover that...#FamilyProtection: George H.W. Bush destroys own legacy, exercises power of (dis)appointment
In failing to deny he is voting for Hillary, the senior Bush has utterly destroyed any remaining political legacy for his entire family. Maybe another legacy is more important — a financial one, perhaps? Many former GOP officials from both Bush administrations...Pew: Millennials Atheist
Pew Research Center surveys show that half of Millennials (50%) now describe themselves as political independents and about three-in-ten (29%) say they are not affiliated with any religion. These are at or near the highest levels of political and religious...#FamilyProtection: Donald Trump eulogizes Phyllis Schlafly as she joins the Silent Majority
Nice to see Mr Trump speaking at a Catholic parish. Great lady, and she recognized the greatness in Trump. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans...#FamilyProtection: ‘We’re the Only Plane in the Sky’ – POLITICO Magazine
Here is an interesting read on steps taken to protect the First Family on 9/11: Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board. Source: ‘We’re the Only...#FamilyProtection: The Abolition of the Family
America is headed down an extremely dangerous path to a potential catastrophe that is rarely discussed. It is the eradication of the family. Abolition of the family! … The bourgeois family will disappear, in the course [of history] as its supplement [private...#FamilyProtection: The 50 Most Common Family Types in America
Larger circles represent adults, while smaller ones are children or grandchildren. The circles are colored dark green for those in the household’s family nucleus, light green for family members outside the nucleus and grey for non-relatives. The household types are...#FamilyProtection: It’s family, not friends, who may help you live longer, study says
For the study, Iveniuk teamed up with biostatistician L. Philip Schumm from the University of Chicago. The pair found that people who said they felt “extremely close” to those family members had about a 6 percent risk of mortality within the next five years. That...FAQ: Might a gun trust help keep my family together?
Watch video here:#FamilyProtection: The Most Important Moment In A Rich Kid’s Life
Why place so much significance on a first conversation often held in a conference room? Because the succession of financial stewardship within families has a 70 percent failure rate. But, how to preserve multi-generational wealth can be planned and taught—so the cycle...Video: Gunpocalyptic Gun Trust Planning — Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Post-Gunpocalypse gun trust planning for California firearm legacy.