Your Financial Future
Today’s economic environment presents many challenges. But along with these challenges comes opportunities and potential rewards for those who can identify long-term trends.
Whether you’re facing retirement—or looking to better understand certain investment ideas—we can help you address your most pressing money questions.
Our first priority is your overall financial success. We want to learn more about your personal situation, identify your dreams and goals, and understand your tolerance for risk. Long-term relationships that encourage open and honest communication have been the cornerstone of my foundation of success.
Our site is filled with educational videos, articles, presentations, and calculators designed to help you learn more about the world of personal finance. As you search my website, send me a note regarding any questions you may have about any particular investment concepts or products. We'll get back to you quickly with a thoughtful answer.
Investment and financial planning services are offered by James A. Coplin through his affiliation with H D Vest.
Helpful Content
Does Your Child Need to File an Income Tax Return?
When your child has income, there’s a good chance that he or she will need to report it and pay taxes.
The Cost of Procrastination
Procrastination can be costly. When you get a late start, it may be difficult to make up for lost time.
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Lifestyle inflation can be the enemy of wealth building. What could happen if you invested instead of buying more stuff?
Good Health is Good Business
Good employee health can be great for the company’s bottom line.
The Best Apps in Travel
Technology tips to make your next trip even better.
Split Annuity Strategy
Here's one strategy that combines two different annuities to generate income and rebuild principal.
Lots of Variables with Fixed-Rate Mortgages
When selecting a fixed-rate mortgage, a borrower has to determine how many years to finance the loan.
What You Should Do About Insurance Following a Divorce
In the face of divorce, making changes to insurance coverage may be overlooked.
When Should You Take Social Security
Monthly Social Security payments differ substantially depending on when you start receiving benefits.
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What Is My Risk Tolerance?
This questionnaire will help determine your tolerance for investment risk.
Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal tax liability.
Disability Income
This calculator estimates your chances of becoming disabled and your potential need for disability insurance.
What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
Can I Refinance My Mortgage?
This calculator can help determine whether it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.
Estimate Your RMD
Help determine the required minimum distribution from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan.
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Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
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Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
The Richest Man in Babylon
In good times and bad, consistently saving a percentage of your income is a sound financial practice.
Saving for College 101
Here’s a crash course on saving for college.
Coaches
Coaches have helped you your whole life, in ways big and small. We’d like to be one of them.
Should You Invest in Exchange Traded Funds?
There are hundreds of ETFs available. Should you invest in them?
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?