Stonewood Financial Blog

Heading off on a Summer Vacation? Put Your Lead Gen on AutoPilot

Growing your practice requires generating leads, and for many advisors that means live prospecting events. But as...

Here Are 5 Ways Taxes Can Rise in Retirement… Are Your Clients Prepared?

In a way, taxes are the final frontier of retirement planning. As an industry, financial advisors have helped U.S....

Innovate Virtual Summit: What’s Helping Advisors Grow in 2024

As Elliot Masie said, "We need to bring learning to people instead of people to learning." That's exactly what we did...

The Election and Your Clients: Two Risks to Watch

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you know there’s a big election coming this November. (And even if you’ve been...

Dispatches from Washington: Advocating for U.S. Savers

Good financial advisors spend a good deal of their time helping clients understand - and address - the risks coming...

The New Holistic In Action

Sometimes, 1 + 1 = 3. Not mathematically, of course. But sometimes, when you add things together, the sum is far more...

An Actuary’s Take on the New DOL’s Fiduciary Rule

Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor finalized the much-discussed Fiduciary Rule for retirement plans. The new...

Inflating The Balloon of Urgency

As financial professionals, one of our responsibilities is to “inflate the balloon of urgency” – motivate clients to...

The Wealth & Longevity Connection

“How long does my money have to last?” Every financial advisor has been asked this question. In fact, it’s one of the...