This article is original content written by Manchester, CT Financial Advisor Thomas Scanlon, CFP®, CPA 1) College is Expensive Financing a college education today can be a big challenge. Having written some checks for college I find it handy to…
This article is original content written by Manchester, CT Financial Advisor Thomas Scanlon, CFP®, CPA 1) College is Expensive Financing a college education today can be a big challenge. Having written some checks for college I find it handy to…
This article is original content written by Manchester, CT Financial Advisor Thomas Scanlon, CFP®, CPA How do you envision your retirement? Spending long, lazy days at the beach? Spending more time with your grandchildren? Going golfing or fishing a lot…
This article is original content written by Manchester, CT Financial Advisor Thomas Scanlon, CFP®, CPA We never gave our children an allowance when they were growing up. I had an allowance when I was a kid. Unfortunately for me…
This article is original content written by Manchester, CT Financial Advisor Thomas Scanlon, CFP®, CPA You have reached the holy grail (for some) and retired. Congratulations! You are in the Land of No Alarm Clocks. Now you can do…
This article is original content written by Manchester, CT Financial Advisor Thomas Scanlon, CFP®, CPA Our observation is that many people are very generous with the donations they make. It sure helps that there is likely a tax deduction for…
This article is original content written by Manchester, CT Financial Advisor Thomas Scanlon, CFP®, CPA The Hunger Games was a bestselling novel that was subsequently made into a movie. Both were awesome. The setting is one where the Capital is…
This article is original content written by Manchester, CT Financial Advisor Thomas Scanlon, CFP®, CPA Don’t you just love it when a Major League athlete signs a huge contract with a new team and says, “It’s not about the money.”…
1) Fund a CHET 529 College Savings Plan 529 College Savings Plans are an effective way to save for a child’s or grandchild’s education. The State of Connecticut allows Connecticut Taxpayers to fund a Connecticut Higher Education Trust (“CHET”)…
Affluent folks in Connecticut should consider doing a Roth Conversion. What is a Roth Conversion? This is when a distribution is made from an IRA, taxed and then converted into a Roth IRA. Here are Five Reasons the Affluent…