Financial Planning Informational Guides

When you think about Social Security, what comes to mind? Do you worry if it will still be around for you when you retire? Do you wonder how much you can expect to receive each month? Are you aware
of when you can start taking your benefit, or what you can do to maximize it?

This Personal Finance Education piece from LPL may help to answer your questions.

Executive Summary: The Path Toward Stability.

If you would like to view the full version LPL Research's Midyear Outlook for 2023, click on LPL at the top from the navigation tabs and choose LPL Research. This will take you to our LPL Research page that has 4 documents written by LPL Research that are updated regularly. 

Key Information and Financial Data for 2023

This guide may help you keep up with your financial needs, while avoiding common (and expensive) mistakes.

• Powerful information that could potentially save you thousands in taxes and fees
• Tips to help put you one step ahead in your retirement preparations
• Critical mistakes that cannot be corrected (and how to avoid them)

Financial wellness is a term that refers to the overall
health and well-being of an individual's finances. In order
to achieve financial wellness, it is essential to
understand and manage the five key elements of
personal finance: spending, saving, borrowing, planning,
and protecting.

LPL Research’s Outlook 2023: Finding Balance is our guide to how the readjustments in the economy and markets may impact you in the coming year.

To ease some of the burdens of tax season, we’ve created this helpful
guide, which contains all the information you may need to easily address tax issues and questions that you might face.

Congress recently enacted landmark retirement legislation know as SECURE 2.0 that will incentivize individuals to save for retirement, while increasing access to workplace plans.

The new low includes a number of provisions intended to benefit individuals as well as small business owners.  

Download a summary of the Top 10 Provisions.

This handy guide can help you narrow the focus and zero
in on a retirement plan that could work for you in 2023.

1. Focus on what you can control
2. Put time on your side
3. Tune out the Noise
4. Don't try to time markets
5. Understand all forms of risk
6. Avoid the emotional roller coaster
7. The cost of Procrastination
8. Delegate the details

The nation’s financial and physical wellness are both on an upswing. While finances and health may seem unrelated, the two are often closely intertwined, especially in America’s bustling, free-flowing marketplace.

Third Quarter 2022

Your Retirement Planning Newsletter by LPL

Our process for crafting your personal plan.

The intent of this guide is to help you with the unfinished paperwork and decisions that can be overwhelming after the death of a loved one.

Being in debt is certainly no fun, and it can sometimes take over your financial
life. For a lot of people, debt can make it hard to cover even your everyday
living expenses, not to mention saving for retirement or other financial goals.

While you can’t be certain what the future holds, you can strategize for the retirement life you want—and take these five steps to help you get there with confidence.

Younger generations have very different personal finance and investing priorities than their parents. Use this informational guide to help individuals in their 20s and 30s navigate the world of investing and personal finance, and to help them start thinking seriously about their financial future.

Investing may sound enticing. But how do you do it? This updated guide provides you with the keys to smart investing for the long haul.

You will discover how to invest wisely and responsibly and avoid the common traps and mistakes made by novice investors.

These seven principles of long-term investing will equip you to make the best decisions to pursue your financial goals. 

You're approaching a major turning point in your life. A financial professional can help you discover wise solutions and develop smart retirement strategies for a fulfilling and exciting future.

Filing your taxes can be a complex responsibility, and accidental errors can be easy to make. By being diligent, carefully strategizing, and keeping tight records, you can improve your ability to file taxes without mistakes. 

Many pre-retirees struggle to balance living a life they love in the present while also saving for the future. This guide outlines the top three expenditures that typically impact the ability to plan ahead: your home, vehicle, and travel. Use this guide to get a head start investing while ensuring that you're enjoying the road to retirement.

The transition to adulthood is an exciting time that marks true independence. You or your children may have graduated from college, started a job, and rented their first apartments. With this new freedom comes responsibility, including protecting yourselves from the financial risks that life can present.

This guide will help you and your children navigate the many available insurance options and decide how to protect your financial futures, starting today.

Marriage changes everything, including insurance needs. Even if you lived together and shared expenses before getting married, you may now have new responsibilities — and opportunities — regarding your insurance coverage. 

This guide will help you see how marriage affects your policies, and consider whether you need additional insurance in this new life stage.

As life evolves, so do your insurance needs. Having the right coverage can be one of the most important ways to protect yourselves and your families. From auto to life and everywhere in between, insurance can help you prepare for unforeseen challenges and protect your financial foundation. 

A growing family means growing financial obligations, both now and years from now. This guide outlines essential insurance coverage for families with children.

Later adulthood brings unique changes and opportunities. At this stage you may be at the height of your earning power and near peak savings as you lay the groundwork for retirement and beyond. 

Preserving assets requires more than a thoughtful investment strategy. Insurance helps protect against an array of financial risks, especially health factors associated with aging. This guide will help you see how your insurance needs evolve as you age, and how to make informed choices about coverage.

No one ever enters into a marriage expecting that it will end. A divorce can be one of the most challenging things to go through, and can often negatively impact the finances of both parties. However, with some careful preparation and research, we can help you work towards safeguarding your financial future in this new phase of life.

Many Americans may not understand how to fully take advantage of their employer-sponsored retirement plans.
We’ve created this special report to help you make the most of your savings and investment opportunities and help improve your prospects for a comfortable retirement.

An informational guide about the critical elements of an Estate Plan

• Key elements of an estate strategy
• What does your will do?
• Details commonly included in a letter of intent
• Features of a trust

Financial success is a goal for many, but women face unique barriers that can make that goal more challenging to achieve. This guide explores these daunting challenges but also examines investing pitfalls that all investors should avoid when taking control of their financial futures.