Stonewood Financial Blog

The Importance of Continuous Learning for Financial Advisors in 2025 and Beyond!

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin In retirement income planning, continuous...

Maximizing Returns: Driving Alpha with Annuities

When you and your clients think about annuities, what comes to mind?

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...

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’s Hot for 2024: Lead Generation for Financial Advisors

It’s January. Marketing plans are being implemented. Seminars are being scheduled. Social media posts are being...

What Drove Advisor Success in 2023… And What’s Hot for 2024?

Here at Stonewood, our passion is helping growth-minded advisors have their best year ever. So as we wind down 2023,...

The Bots are Here to Help: Leveraging AI in Marketing for Financial Advisors

The AI revolution may still be a ways off, but today’s initial crop of artificial intelligence tools can give financial...

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...