June 10, 2016
The Conversation by Phil Runyon
The Conversation I hope your good weather activities are off to a fast start - and that all your hiking and biking are making estate planning less urgent, shall...
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March 2, 2016
Peering Over the Horizon by Phil Runyon
Peering Over the Horizon My wife and I were just in Cuba and spent much of the trip admiring those beautiful '50's cars of our youth. However, with no seat belt...
January 25, 2016
Another Planning Resolution by Phil Runyon
Another Planning Resolution In addition to resolving to being nicer people this year, let's also resolve to keep our planning documents in good order - and let'...
December 22, 2015
A Holiday Parable by Phil Runyon
A Holiday Parable Here's a story that might be useful to you or a family member or a close friend. Many years ago I had a "senior" client who had become estrang...
December 1, 2015
Those Unavoidable Topics by Phil Runyon
Those Unavoidable Topics Remember several months ago when I explained how you might maximize your Social Security benefits with a technique called "file and sus...
October 23, 2015
Protecting Your Most Precious Assets by Phil Runyon
Protecting Your Most Precious Assets t's always important to get your affairs in order - just in case things happen unexpectedly - but there's one organizing jo...
August 27, 2015
Sometimes More Information is Better by Phil Runyon
Sometimes More Information is Better Here are a few words on a subject that can be totally unenjoyable, even divisive, in many families, at a time when they rea...
July 24, 2015
Be Charitable with IRAs by Phil Runyon
Be Charitable with IRAs I want to talk about IRAs and charities in the same breath here, and I want to acknowledge my good friends at the New Hampshire Charitab...
June 19, 2015
Social Security Untangled by Phil Runyon
Social Security Untangled Having just experienced the indignity of yet another birthday, and being well within the Boomer demographic - maybe not the Greatest G...
May 22, 2015
Asset Beneficiaries are Important by Phil Runyon
Asset Beneficiaries are important As we all know (some more traumatically than others), the divorce bug has attacked nearly every family at some point. And when...
May 22, 2015
Modern Families by Phil Runyon
Modern Families Let's start with the situation that sends a shiver through every parent - what to do if one of the kids is missing (heaven forbid). Well, if you...
February 17, 2015
A Caring Alternative by Phil Runyon
A Caring Alternative This message is about what more and more of us are trying to do to make life as pleasant as possible for our venerable but vulnerable elder...
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