Stonewood Financial Blog

The Growing Need for Savers to Understand “Legislative Risk”

As financial professionals, we work hard to limit our clients’ exposure to risk in retirement.

Did the WSJ miss the difference between IUL and UL?

Today's IUL is very different - in design and use - from many of the UL products of the past. But a recent Wall Street...

Your Client’s Hidden Debt

I’m sure you run across clients who are true followers of Dave Ramsey. These clients are committed to getting debt-free...

How The New Tax Law Can Transform your Practice

In December, Congress passed a bill that could transform your practice in 2018 and beyond. I’m talking, of course,...

Are IUL Illustration Rates Too High?

There’s been a lot of chatter lately (particularly from whole life producers) about the effectiveness of AG 49. Most of...

The Truth About Advisor Compensation

We all agree financial professionals should get paid for their work. But our industry is torn over how we get paid....