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SSB Managed Wealth (SSBMW) provides comprehensive financial planning that involves more than just managing your investments. We are committed to understanding your overall financial picture and discovering your personal, business and retirement goals.
By designing and implementing a comprehensive financial plan, we can manage your investments in a tax-efficient manner and help you stay on track to successfully grow your wealth and meet your life goals.
We are an independent, fee-only investment advisor. We answer only to you—ensuring that the investments we recommend are those that we believe to be appropriate for you.
We believe that success in properly managing your assets is not measured by performance statistics but by your success in achieving your goals. It’s about understanding and managing risk and developing a disciplined investment strategy to provide you with the investment returns you desire.
We are committed to providing an unsurpassed level of service and advice. Because no one can be an expert in everything, professional collaboration is essential to providing superior service to you. Our partnership with Savant Wealth Management gives us access to a firm that enables us to focus on your financial planning needs while allowing them to craft an investment plan custom tailored to your unique needs, goals and values.
We understand that your financial journey is as unique as you are. That's why we're delighted to offer you a complimentary finance plan that's tailored to your goals when you invest with SSB.
During your complimentary financial planning session, we'll:
Listen and Understand:
We'll take the time to get to know you, your financial objectives and your current situation. Your goals become our goals.
Assess Your Financial Picture:
Our experts will carefully analyze your income, expenses, investments, and assets to create a clear picture of where you stand today.
Craft a Tailored Strategy:
Based on your unique circumstances, we'll create a personalized financial plan that outlines step-by-step strategies to help you achieve your goals.
Guide You Toward Success:
Our team will be with you every step of the way, providing ongoing support and guidance as you put your plan into action.
Your financial future is important, and we're here to help you navigate it confidently. Schedule your consultation today.
We are successful because we understand the unique needs of our clients, and we are ideally positioned to respond to those needs. We plan your taxes around your investments and your investments around your taxes.
Avoid reactive investing by focusing on what you can control. Many people struggle to separate their emotions from investing. Markets go up and down, but reacting to current market conditions may lead to making poor investment decisions. We can offer expertise and guidance to help you focus on actions that add value. This can lead to a better investment experience. Daily market news and commentary can challenge your investment discipline. Some messages stir anxiety about the future while others tempt you to chase the latest investment fad. When headlines unsettle you, consider the source and maintain a long-term perspective.
Create an investment plan to fit your needs and risk tolerance.
Structure a portfolio along the dimensions of expected returns.
Diversify globally.
Manage expenses, turnover and taxes.
Stay disciplined through market dips and swings.
A certified financial planner is an advisor who has earned one of the most rigorous certifications for financial planning knowledge. A CFP must have several years of experience in financial planning and must pass the CFP exam as well as adhere to strict ethical standards set by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards. CFPs are obligated to act in their client’s best interest.
The Baby Boomer generation includes some 78.2 million Americans.
According to a recent study, 45% of baby boomers have no retirement savings. For those with something saved, the median balance for those born between 1948 and 1953 was $290,000. For those born between 1954 and 1959, they had saved around $209,000.
An experienced wealth management advisor provides peace of mind when it comes to your finances. By getting to know you, we can help define your financial goals and help you make those difficult decisions. We’ll also use our expertise to create a comprehensive financial plan that encompasses your goals, with strategies that help you achieve them.
Wealth management is a broader term, which financial planning falls under. Financial planning is typically referring to guidance from a financial professional to help set goals. Wealth management includes financial planning as well as other services.
There is never a bad time to seek a wealth management advisor. Typically, people seek an advisor in the midst of a significant life change, such as retirement, receiving an inheritance or selling a business or other assets. At SSB, we work with clients throughout all stages of life.
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