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Podcast Episode 14: Don’t Make Retirement Your Dream

By Financial Design Studio, Inc. | April 5, 2023
Experiences Fiduciary Fee Only Financial Advisors

This episode will help you reevaluate when and how you want to stop working, and how you really want to spend your retirement.

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Tax Savings Strategy PDF

By Financial Design Studio, Inc. | April 3, 2023
Experienced Fiduciary Fee-Only Financial Advisors

Our Tax Savings Strategies PDF summarizes a few key tax planning ideas that might help you save more of your earnings!

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The Basics of Incentive Stock Options (ISOs) [Video]

By Financial Design Studio, Inc. | March 27, 2023
Experienced Fiduciary Fee-Only Financial Advisors in Chicago

What are you going to do with your Incentive Stock Options? This video breaks down how ISO work and their taxes.

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Podcast Episode 13: Financial Advisors on Silicon Valley Bank

By Financial Design Studio, Inc. | March 20, 2023
Experienced Fiduciary Fee-Only Financial Advisors in Chicago

This episode of Behind the Designs covers the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, what caused it, and what might be coming next.

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Podcast Episode 12: The Biggest Threat to Your Financial Plan

By Financial Design Studio, Inc. | March 8, 2023
Experienced Fiduciary Fee Only Financial Advisors in Chicago | Financial Design Studio

This episode of Behind the Designs will explore the biggest threat to your financial plan. Learn to recognize them so you can stay protected!

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What is Net Unrealized Appreciation?

By Financial Design Studio, Inc. | March 2, 2023
Experienced Fiduciary Fee Only Financial Advisors in Chicago | Financial Design Studio

What is net unrealized appreciation? Simply, it is a tax savings strategy! Read this article to learn the rules, as well as pros and cons.

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