Understanding Today’s Financial Environment
Welcome, I’m Stephen Kjer, a financial professional in West Bend, Wisconsin. We understand that individuals face unique challenges as they prepare for retirement. We can help take the mystery out of preparing for today and tomorrow. Whether your goal is saving for retirement, college savings, or estate strategy, our personalized service focuses your needs, wants, and financial goals and objectives.
Our professionals have years of experience in financial services. We provide accounting and tax services so we know how to make it all come together. We can help you address your needs of today and for many years to come.
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Helpful Content
Insurance Needs Assessment: When You're Newly Married
Marriage changes everything, including your insurance needs.
Countering Counterfeit Currency
Combating counterfeiting remains core to preserving the integrity of the nation’s money.
Social Security: Maximizing Benefits
There are other ways to maximize Social Security benefits, in addition to waiting to claim them.
A Home Insurance Claim: To File Or Not To File
Learn when it may not make sense to file a claim on your home insurance.
You May Need to Make Estimated Tax Payments If…
Have income that isn’t subject to tax withholding? Or insufficient withholdings? You may have to pay estimated taxes.
Investment Challenges of the Affluent Investor
Affluent investors face unique challenges when putting together an investment strategy. Make sure you keep these in mind.
When Does Your Personal Car Become a Commercial Vehicle?
At what point can you call a personal vehicle commercial?
The Great Debate Continues: Active vs. Passive
In investments, one great debate asks the question, “Active or Passive Investing: Which Is Better?”
Please Leave Home Without It
Concerns over identity theft continue to grow, especially with data breaches at major companies and financial institutions.
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What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
What Is My Current Cash Flow?
Assess whether you are running “in the black” or “in the red” each month.
Comparing Mortgage Terms
Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.
Comparing Investments
This calculator compares the net gain of a taxable investment versus a tax-favored one.
Roth 401(k) vs. Traditional 401(k)
This calculator compares employee contributions to a Roth 401(k) and a traditional 401(k).
Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
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Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
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Should You Tap Retirement Savings to Fund College?
There are three things to consider before dipping into retirement savings to pay for college.
The Power of Compound Interest
Learn how to harness the power of compound interest for your investments.
Jane Bond: Infiltrating the Market
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, cracking the code on bonds.
The Fed and How It Got That Way
Here is a quick history of the Federal Reserve and an overview of what it does.
The Real Cost of a Vacation Home
What if instead of buying that vacation home, you invested the money?
The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime. Are you prepared?