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Welcome to Bright Financial Planning, where you will find a wealth of information in the form of newsletter articles, calculators, and research reports.
Bright Financial Planning emphasizes a holistic or comrephensive analysis of your financial life. Our firm was founded based on the philosophy that educating clients with knowledge empowers them to make better informed decisions. We specialize with women in transtion: marriage, divorce, or death of a spouse; receiving an inheritance or windfall; buying or selling a family business; planning for a child's education; or any other transition in life that requires financial advice or guidance.
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Newsletters
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HOT TOPIC: Will Artificial Intelligence Upend the American Workforce?
This article discusses the race between tech companies to monetize AI and how widespread adoption might affect workers, the economy, and society in general.
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Child Care Is a Budget Buster: Take Advantage of These Tax Breaks
A tax credit and/or dependent-care flexible spending account might help offset some of the costs paid for a nanny, babysitter, day care, preschool, or day camp.
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All Eyes on the Earnings Picture
Earnings season can be a volatile period for stocks. As investors digest and respond to new data, the marketplace rewards some companies and punishes others.
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Managing Medicare Out-of-Pocket Costs
This article looks at the two different and mutually exclusive options Medicare beneficiaries have to help control retirement health-care spending: Medigap and Medicare Advantage.
Calculators
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Required Minimum Distributions
Estimate the annual required distribution from your traditional IRA or former employer's retirement plan after you turn age 73.
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Car Affordability
How much can you afford to pay for a car?
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Loan Payoff
How much will it cost to pay off a loan over its lifetime?
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Tax-Deferred Savings
Compare the potential future value of tax-deferred investments to that of taxable investments.