Leading financial advisor Cary Stamp, CFP® provides five year-end tax planning ideas: three for individuals, and two for businesses. Ideas include tax loss selling, avoiding high mutual fund capital gains, bunching deductions on Donor Advised Funds, end of year equipment or vehicle purchases, and maximizing retirement plan contributions. TRANSCRIPT: I’m Cary Stamp and…
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We established a tradition that ensures we enjoy both sides of our family at Thanksgiving. A few years ago, I began a tradition with my family of celebrating Thanksgiving two to three weeks before the actual holiday. This wasn’t an original idea, as another family that I knew also had been participating in this tradition…
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TRANSCRIPT of Charitable Giving and Philanthropy: I’m Cary Stamp and this is a Principled Wealth Moment. Most of the families that we work with are charitably-inclined. One of the things that a lot of people don’t realize is, with the new tax laws, there are some ways that you should be making your…
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TRANSCRIPT: I’d like to discuss how providing for your employees can be great for your company. I like to talk with our business owner clients about what would happen to your business if for some reason one of your key employees died or became disabled. And unfortunately, this touches all too close to home.…
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If you have somebody who understands the big picture and is bringing your financial/accounting/legal advisors together, you will achieve far better outcomes for your family’s financial and estate planning. TRANSCRIPT: Today’s subject is the concept of collaboration. I firmly believe that as a financial advisor and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER that I should be in contact…
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My mission is to help successful families live lives of abundance, possibility, and adventure. The first half of 2019 has been fantastic for CS&C, my family, and the clients we serve. I was fortunate to begin the year with an overdue trip to Machu Picchu with my father. In May, Sharon and I spent…
READ MORE ⟶I am attending the Barron’s Independent Summit in Salt Lake City for the next few days. Ric Edelman, a well-regarded advisory firm founder, author and entrepreneur has assembled a group of experts to discuss the future of digital currencies. I admit that I have been a skeptic, so I wanted to understand what the proponents…
READ MORE ⟶If you were born during the baby-boom generation, then it is not very likely that your parents shared information with you about their finances. Perhaps, in their final years or when one parent passed away, they might ask for help but the prior generation was fairly tight-lipped about money. That generation lived through the depression,…
READ MORE ⟶As we prepare for tax season, it is a good idea to start thinking about how we can structure our finances, investments and charitable planning to give us a better outcome a year from now. The following are a few ideas we are discussing with our clients; Bunch your charitable giving. With a standard…
READ MORE ⟶Few children come by wealth management naturally. For most young children, money just buys stuff. As they age, they think philanthropy sounds good, but it competes with immediate gratification. Real estate and taxes are complicated. Securities and the markets in which they trade are mostly intangible. Despite the barriers, you can teach your adult children…
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