Kraig Young

Helping You Today By Planning Your Tomorrow

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We hope your visit will help you understand the opportunities and potential rewards that are available when you take a proactive approach to your personal financial situation. We have created this Web site to help you gain a better understanding of the financial concepts behind insurance, investing, retirement, estate planning, and wealth preservation. Most important, we hope you see the value of working with skilled professionals to pursue your financial goals.

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Calculators

Savings Goals

How much do you need to save each year to meet your long-term financial goals?

Financial IQ Test

Take this quick quiz to find out your Financial IQ

Long-Term Care Self Insurance

Will you be able to afford nursing home care?

Home Affordability

Estimate of the maximum amount of financing you can expect to get when you begin house hunting.

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Newsletters

Good Care Begins Early

Ironically, people who avoid important discussions because they don’t want to be a burden are sowing seeds for even greater troubles because they are forestalling preparation and ignoring the risks associated with aging, possibly until it’s too late.

A Question of Identity

Not only is identity theft costly, it can also be a major hassle that affects a person’s credit score for years. The key to preventing ID theft is awareness.

Most Recoveries Are Announced Months After They Begin

Because it can take so long for the National Bureau of Economic Research to determine when a recession began or ended, people who delay financial decisions until they are certain a recession is over are at a disadvantage because they may be operating on old information.

HOT TOPIC: Michael Jackson's Eccentricities Did Not Extend to His Estate Plan

Critics are calling Michael Jackson's estate plan a hit. What did the King of Pop do right?

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