You’re on a financial journey. You decide the destination, and we help you get there. Together, let’s determine the best way to take the next step.
You’re on a financial journey. You decide the destination, and we help you get there. Together, let’s determine the best way to take the next step.
As financial planners, we walk with our clients through the changes and transitions in their lives. Many are phases of life that people envision and plan for, like education, marriage, children, and retirement. But some transitions are not in our dreams and can...
This quarter’s education series is Financial Considerations Upon Retirement. The first post addressed cash flow and taxes. Now we're turning our attention to one of the biggest worries in retirement — the cost of healthcare and other types of insurance. Insurance...
There are many financial planning rules of thumb, like how much to save for retirement or how much to spend on a house. How useful are they?
Saving money doesn't always mean you have to make sacrifices. Some cost-cutting is easy and doesn't affect your lifestyle one bit.
I recently had the opportunity to be a part of a panel of professionals who serve individuals and families to discuss the planning considerations of moving into a retirement living community. The webinar was sponsored by Eastmont in Lincoln, NE, which is considered...
The Stous family is now an official family. We bought a minivan. A minivan with one kid? Really? Why? That’s almost immediately what my sister asked, and you might be wondering the same thing. There are a few reasons, and I’d love to share some of them with you....
I have a lot of fond memories of Januaries in Nebraska. Snow storms (it’s actually snowing as I’m writing this), a Nebraska football bowl game (OK, maybe not recently), watching the Packers in the playoffs (I was born in Wisconsin, so don’t judge), and receiving a...
Budgeting can be a real drag. Even the thought of the term can bring tears of boredom or guilt to the most frugal of all spenders. Often times, budgeting can feel restrictive and time-consuming for little benefit, but if done right, budgeting can free you to be...
As many of you know, Flagstone Financial Management recently moved into a new office that we built in Village Gardens, a development in south Lincoln. Many of our business clients have asked about the building process because they are interested in doing the same...
After my wife, Kate, and I visited Hawaii in late 2016, we immediately began thinking about our next island vacation. It seemed like everything we did in Hawaii was better than we expected it to be. We witnessed manta rays feeding while we were on a nighttime scuba...
