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Year-end Planning Tips

Year-end Planning Tips

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 15, 2025

Year-End Planning Moves That Actually Matter for High-Earners

Beware Private Investments in your 401k

Beware Private Investments in your 401k

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 13, 2025

Adding private investments to a 401(k) can sound exciting—exclusive deals, sophisticated strategies, the chance to “invest like institutions.” But the reality is that higher fees, lower liquidity, and diminishing returns make them a questionable fit for most retirement savers.

Pay for Advice, Not Asset Size

Pay for Advice, Not Asset Size

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 13, 2025

Pay for value, expertise, experience. Pay by the hour.

How Roth Conversions can Supercharge Your Early Retirement Strategy

How Roth Conversions can Supercharge Your Early Retirement Strategy

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 13, 2025

When you retire early—or slow down before taking Social Security and required minimum distributions (RMDs)—you often enter a multi-year period where your taxable income drops significantly. That’s when the IRS gives you an unspoken gift: low marginal tax rates. And that’s exactly when Roth conversions become incredibly powerful.

Choosing the Right Retirement Account for Your Investments

Choosing the Right Retirement Account for Your Investments

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 13, 2025

Retirement accounts are powerful tools for growing your wealth and securing your financial future, but the way you allocate assets within these accounts can significantly impact your portfolio's performance and tax efficiency. The key is understanding which types of investments work best in different retirement accounts.

The Value of Integrated Financial, Tax, and Legal Advice

The Value of Integrated Financial, Tax, and Legal Advice

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 13, 2025

How a unified financial, tax and legal strategy can lead to better outcomes, peace of mind and long-term financial success.

Is it Time for Small Caps to Shine?

Is it Time for Small Caps to Shine?

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 13, 2025

Small Caps have rallied lately. Is this trend just getting started?

The Long-Term Effects of Fees on your Portfolio

The Long-Term Effects of Fees on your Portfolio

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 13, 2025

Exploring the effects fees can have on ones portfolio

Estate Planning for Young Adults

Estate Planning for Young Adults

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 13, 2025

Exploring the basics of estate planning for those under 35.

529s as an Estate Planning Tool

529s as an Estate Planning Tool

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 13, 2025

While normally thought of as a way to save for higher education, 529 plans can also be a part of your estate plan.

Backdoor Roth IRA Strategies

Backdoor Roth IRA Strategies

Chris Pape, APMA, CEPA | Oct 17, 2024

High income earners are excluded from contributing directly to Roth IRAs. Backdoor strategies allow them to utilize the tax advantages of Roth IRAs.