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We believe that knowledge is the key to making informed decisions about your financial future. Our blog is designed to provide you with a wealth of valuable insights, tips, and strategies on everything from financial planning and wealth management to taxes, estate planning, Social Security, and more.

Whether you’re preparing for retirement, navigating complex tax laws, or looking for ways to preserve your legacy, our blog serves as an invaluable resource. Each post is crafted by our team of financial professionals, ensuring you receive relevant, up-to-date information that addresses the real challenges retirees and pre-retirees face today.

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4 Types of Investment Vehicles for a Better Retirement Plan

4 Types of Investment Vehicles for a Better Retirement Plan

At Fullerton Financial, our goal is to help bring clarity to the complicated world of investment planning. When you dig into investing for your retirement plan, you will come across terms like “vehicle” and “instrument” used in new and potentially baffling ways. If...

Estate Planning 101: Why Estate Plans Matter

Estate Planning 101: Why Estate Plans Matter

70% of people don't even have a will.  our primary goal throughout your working years is to support yourself, your family, and to create a lifestyle that also leaves a legacy. So, how is it that almost 70% of people don’t have even so much as a...

Estate Planning 101: The Basics

Estate Planning 101: The Basics

Estate planning can be an overwhelming process. It’s rife with deeply personal issues and designations that can be uncomfortable at best, and wildly divisive at worst. Planning your estate however, is an essential part of a comprehensive retirement plan and...

Who Do I Talk to About Taxes?

Who Do I Talk to About Taxes?

In today’s complex financial environment, taxes are always top of mind even if they’re hard to keep track of. At Fullerton Financial Planning, we’re all about living and retiring with confidence. In fact, retiring with confidence was our main objective when...

Avoid Losing Your Retirement to Taxes

Avoid Losing Your Retirement to Taxes

Are you paying too much in taxes in retirement? We all want to enjoy every aspect of retirement. From giving up the nine-to-five, to traveling, enjoying time with family, and spending more quality time in your man-cave or she-shed. The last thing anyone wants is...

Love Your Kids, but Be Loyal to Your Retirement

Love Your Kids, but Be Loyal to Your Retirement

Don't Sacrifice One For the Other... As a parent, you may find yourself routinely bombarded with well-intentioned advice, but likely none of it is related to how to maintain and build your retirement account while raising a child. Arguably, saving for retirement...

Up Your Investment Strategy by Setting Retirement Goals that Work

Up Your Investment Strategy by Setting Retirement Goals that Work

If you put off setting retirement goals in the past, there’s no time like the present to take control of your investments. If you're wondering where to start, you're not alone. In a recent survey, Richard Barringon, MoneyRates’ senior financial analyst...

8 Ways Couples Can Plan for Retirement Together

8 Ways Couples Can Plan for Retirement Together

So, how can couples get on the same page about their finances so they can fully take advantage of their retirement? We have some ideas. Of all the things people fear most in retirement, running out of money is routinely high on the list. Other common...

6 Factors Will Decide How Much You Need to Save for Retirement

6 Factors Will Decide How Much You Need to Save for Retirement

Many people heading into retirement find themselves concerned not just with having enough money to retire, but if that money will last through retirement. If that’s you, you’re in the right place, and in the right hands with Fullerton Financial Planning. ...

4 Reasons You Should Be Working with a Financial Advisor Right Now

4 Reasons You Should Be Working with a Financial Advisor Right Now

Going at it alone when it comes to your financial goals can be costly. You may not even realize just how costly it is until you’re reviewing your finances in the future and find out how little your money has been working. Over 75% of Americans choose to wing...

Income Ideas for Retiring Early

Income Ideas for Retiring Early

Should I stay or should I go?  Recent research has found that millions of Americans who lost their jobs during the early months of the pandemic have decided to call it quits and retire early. Before COVID-19 came along, people over age 55 represented...

Will You Be Able To Afford In-Home, Long-Term Care?

Will You Be Able To Afford In-Home, Long-Term Care?

More than 90% of America’s older adults prefer to “age in place” in their own homes rather than in a senior housing community or facility. 1 With today’s insight into how a deadly pandemic can affect nursing homes — as of September 6, COVID-19 has claimed...

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