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August 18, 2020

3 Estate Planning Strategies You Should Consider Now

Today’s low interest rates are a far cry from the double-digit rates seen in the 1970s and 1980s when...
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August 17, 2020

The Big Five: What College Football Can Teach Us About the Stock Market

If you’re like a lot of people, you’ve been thinking, “why is the stock market doing so well when...
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August 4, 2020

What Is Tax-Loss Harvesting and Why You Should Care About It?

One way to help boost returns without incurring any extra risk is called tax harvesting, which sounds a lot more...
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July 28, 2020

Brown & Company In the News

  Brown and Company has been in the news several times recently. We are grateful for the opportunities to...
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July 21, 2020

Executive Compensation: Equity Compensation for Corporate Executives

When it comes to executive-level pay or compensation, financial compensation comes in a number of forms, including salary, bonuses, and...
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July 7, 2020

Pros & Cons of Contributing to Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

Pros of Contributing to an NQDC As with any type of compensation plan, there are both pros and cons...
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June 29, 2020

Thoughts on the Market and the Economy

Six months ago, if you would have described a scenario involving more than 40 million people filing for unemployment,...
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June 23, 2020

Advanced Tax Planning Ideas – Lumping Charitable Gifts

If you are one of the 90% of taxpayers who don’t itemize deductions, you cannot claim a federal deduction...
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June 16, 2020

Employee Spotlight: Meet the Team Member (Vonda Charboneau)

This is the latest in a continuing series of posts where we feature a member of our team using...
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June 9, 2020

Plan B™: Retirement Planning for the Unexpected

We know that as life happens, plans change. Nothing works out exactly as planned. Whoever thought the entire world...
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June 2, 2020

Exit Strategies for Business Owners

After years spent launching and growing your business, the day will finally arrive when you can sit back and...
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May 26, 2020

Market Update

Markets higher after holiday – Following the big gains in US equities last week, the S&P 500 Index opened...
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May 21, 2020

Are You Prepared for Another Market Downturn?

We have experienced a significant rebound in investment returns since late March, but if current conditions worsen are you...
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May 19, 2020

Retiring Business Owners – Plan for Succession

If you’re a small business owner, you’ve invested a great deal of time and effort into building your company....
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May 12, 2020

The Small Business’s Guide to Surviving the Coronavirus Pandemic

Whether your business has been temporarily closed by a state shelter-in-place order or is still operating as a provider of essential...
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May 5, 2020

What You Need to Know About Enrolling for Medicare

It is important to stay in the know about knowing when to enroll in Medicare. According to Medicare.gov, when...
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April 22, 2020

Negative Oil Futures Price Creates Confusion

Headlines had oil selling at -$37.63 per barrel at close on Monday, April 20. The negative sign in front?...
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April 17, 2020

The Importance of Financial Planning During a Bear Market

Financial planning is never more valuable than it is during times like these. But it needs to be an...
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