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When Should You Collect Social Security?

Posted by Financial Strategies Group in Blog Posts, Retirement

When should you begin collecting Social Security? The answer depends in part on how long you think you’ll be around to collect it. A growing number of Americans have been forced to delay their planned retirement date due to job and savings losses suffered during…

FSG at the IFG 2019 Retreat

Posted by Financial Strategies Group in Blog Posts, Strategic Partners, Young Professionals

Every year our consortium group of independent financial advisors, Integrated Financial Group meets in Atlanta for a retreat to network with peer advisors and bounce ideas off of one another, and more specifically share ideas for improvement between firms. This year was more special because…

FSG at the LPL Master’s Conference

Posted by Financial Strategies Group in Blog Posts, Family, Financial Planning, Giving More, multi-generational planning, Young Professionals

Kimberly DeProspero, CFP® speaks at the LPL Master’s Conference Financial Strategies Group: Marketing to Millennials   Phoenix, AZ:Kim was recently asked to speak at the LPL Masters Conference about the importance of instilling a sense of financial literacy among today’s millennials. The annual event is attended…

How Irma Has Made Us Grateful

Posted by Kimberly DeProspero in Blog Posts, Family

What does it mean to have an attitude of gratitude?   It is that time of year when giving thanks is top of mind, and an attitude of gratitude means making it a habit to express thankfulness and appreciation in all parts of your life,…

The Truth About Millennials

Posted by Financial Strategies Group in Blog Posts, Financial Planning

Young professionals are an often-underestimated group when it comes to investing and retirement planning.   This age group of so-called Millennials are constantly depicted as a generation that is lazy, frivolous, and overburdened by debt.   Is it true? Not at all!   Millennial Americans…

Are You Having a Bad Day?

Posted by Hank Cleare in Blog Posts, Health and Happiness

What, exactly, constitutes having a bad day?   In my experience, many of the problems or challenges we face in our everyday lives lack the proper perspective, so we end up feeling (more) frustrated with traffic, stressed about work, upset by bad service at a…