My favorite part of working as a wealth manager is the array of questions from our clients during all market environments.
However, times of market volatility are generally when the most impactful questions come up. This is due to the emotions that go hand in hand with market volatility.
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Topics:
Tolerating Risk with Investments,
Investing,
Investment Portfolio,
Investments and risk,
market risks
Over several decades of working with people from all walks of life we have witnessed first hand that
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Financial Planning,
Investing,
Investment Portfolio,
Investments,
market volatility
The biggest and most important decision an individual can make when starting retirement is the age they will decide to take social security. I stand by the fact that this is the most crucial decision you will make in your financial life and will have a huge impact on your financial plan depending on the decision that is made.
The majority of Americans are under informed about the rules surrounding social security and how the benefits program works. And we are not alone. If you have ever called the social security office, you may have realized that the workers may even be ill-informed as well.
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Topics:
Claiming Social Security,
Investing,
Investment Portfolio,
Social Security,
Social Security income
Many people in the workforce have a retirement savings vehicle option available through their company benefits program. The most common are the 401(k) or 403(b). These retirement vehicles that allow people to save money in a tax deferred account and receive tax deferred growth throughout the course of their life.
This means that the money going into this account is not taxed at an individual's current income rate, but is deferred until that person decides to remove dollars from the account.
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Investing,
Investment Portfolio
Every few weeks we compile a list of articles and books which we believe would be helpful to investors who want to make wise, informed decisions. All of these are relevant to current events or the long-term financial planning methodology that we here at Creekmur Wealth practice with our clients every single day.
If you have any questions you can reach out to our team via email or by scheduling a call using the link below. With that in mind, lets dive in!

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News,
Financial Planning,
Investing,
Investment Portfolio,
Investments
One of the biggest issues that new investors run into is developing an easy-to-repeat, long-term investing strategy. Below I'm going to discuss three steps you can use to help develop your investing strategy. By having a set strategy every investor is better prepared to weather the inevitable volatility of the market.
What 3 Steps Should You Follow When Investing?
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Topics:
Financial Planning,
Goals,
Investing,
Investment Portfolio,
Investments
Hello! Before we dive in, I want to take a quick moment to introduce myself as a new Wealth Advisor at Creekmur Wealth Advisors here in Morton Illinois. I started my career in the industry with a company out of Colorado as a mutual fund/ETF wholesaler. From there I transitioned to TD Ameritrade and worked with retail investors in the Illinois.
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Topics:
Investing,
Investment Portfolio