Stonewood Financial Blog

7 Estate Planning Questions for 2024

In December, I wrote about Estate Planning being the next big topic in Advisor Growth. As the calendar turned to 2024,...

What Really Makes a Fiduciary? It May Not Be What Lawmakers Think

Here we go again with the DOL and the fiduciary standards talk. As legislation continues to be discussed, let’s take a...

Are Your Seminars and Workshops Evolving?

When it comes to group marketing, successful advisors are always evolving one of two things: either the content they’re...

Minimizing Tax Drag: Strategies for Financial Advisors to Boost Client Returns

I believe tax drag is real. I believe tax drag can cause losses in client portfolios. Thus, I believe advisors need to...

Using FIAs to Drive Alpha. (Yes, you read that right: ALPHA)

At some point, most of us have run a client’s annuity illustration and thought: I wonder what the capital markets would...

The Hidden Tax Impact: Strategies for Financial Advisors to Save Client Wealth

The world of financial advice is filled with different business models. But whether you’re a fee-only advisor, a...

RTB In Action: $15M in New Business

Have you signed up for Stonewood's new Retirement Tax Bill program? Advisors like you are using it to prospect and...

RTB In Action: Success Stories from our Advisors

One of the most gratifying parts of my job is hearing from advisors who are hitting it out of the ballpark with...

It's here! Transform your practice with RTB.

You asked, we answered. For several years, advisors like you have been asking us to create a lead generation tool built...

Taxes are going up. Now what?

Every news item out of Washington seems to include details of a new or expanded tax. And generally, American savers...