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Protect your privacy on social media: How much is too much?
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION Follow these tips for protecting your privacy on social media. In 2020, there were 3.96 billion active users on social media and the number keeps growing. Whether it’s to find a place to eat, stay in touch with friends or family, or connect with industry peers to gain knowledge for your career…
Read MoreMarch 2021 Market Update
February saw stock markets regain their footing, as optimism over vaccinations, stimulus, and loose monetary policy propelled markets higher. The S&P 500, a broad measure of the stock market, was up nearly 3%, and small-company stocks rose even more. Volatility crept back into stocks late in February, and has continued in early March, as rapidly…
Read MoreCheers to 3 Groundbreaking Years
From office moves and staffing changes to major client successes and amazing growth, it has been a fantastic three years for us since starting Signature Wealth Strategies. It doesn’t seem that long ago now, but on February 5th, 2016, our Florence team left our previous firm and decided to strike out and open our own…
Read MoreAvoiding Fear on The Scariest Day of Your Life: Two Ways to Help Ease the Anxiety of Retirement
I’ve never been skydiving, but I’d have to imagine that there’s comfort when you pull the cord on your parachute – and it actually opens. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure most people wouldn’t jump from the plane if they didn’t have some level of comfort that an experience person had been in charge of…
Read MoreROADMAP TO A REWARDING RETIREMENT: RESOURCES & OBSTACLES
Now that you have mapped out your vision of the most rewarding retirement imaginable, it’s time to turn this utopian landscape into a bit of a Monopoly game board. Your life of leisure, adventure and fulfilling dreams will come with the normal limitations of life. Your resources – time, finances, fitness – are not inexhaustible.…
Read MoreROADMAP TO A REWARDING RETIREMENT: HOME/COMMUNITY
In the last two articles, we’ve explored what your passions are, the things you’d like to do and experience during your retirement years; we’ve given consideration to the people and relationships that you want to be a part of your life to share those experiences. Now let’s look at place. Where will you live and…
Read MoreROADMAP TO A REWARDING RETIREMENT: RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
As exciting as it can be to dream about pursuing our passions, people will always play an irreplaceable part in living a rewarding life. Those people are often family members and long-time friends, but not always. Sometimes the people we envision ourselves connected to during our retirement years also include brand new faces and relationships.…
Read MoreROADMAP TO A REWARDING RETIREMENT: FULFILLING YOUR PASSIONS
How do you envision your retirement years? How long is your bucket list? If you’re like most of the baby boomer generation, your list is long and your dreams are big. There are things you want to experience and accomplish, places you want to go and people you want to spend time with. You look…
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