If you’re a high-income solo business owner, there’s a lesser-known retirement strategy that can dramatically boost your savings while reducing your tax bill: the defined benefit plan. While often linked to large corporations or public sector jobs, defined benefit plans… Read Now >>
Despite the volatility in the financial markets and most asset classes failing to post positive returns in 2018, that did not stop our clients from getting the best returns out of their entire financial life. Here’s some of the most important… Read Now >>
By Ben Rinkey What a year 2018 was for the markets. After a great January, the markets sold off, but recovered to new highs in September, only to collapse in the fourth quarter led down by momentum stocks such as… Read Now >>
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Ben joined Illumination in 2014 as our Senior Investment Strategist, bringing more than 40 years of investment experience with him. Prior to joining Illumination, he served as a Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, advising on over $6 billion of fixed… Read Now >>
By Matt Rinkey If you watch the financial news (which we don’t recommend) you will hear many reasons for why the market has declined approximately 10% from its peak in early October. Culprits have been assigned to rising interest rates,… Read Now >>
By Andrew Costello Did you know that the typical employed American family of four can expect to spend more than $28,000 on healthcare in 2018, according to the annual Milliman Medical Index report? Considering the financial significance of your health,… Read Now >>
Anakaren has been with Illumination Wealth for a little more than a year now. She is one of our financial life guides who expertly manages our clients’ financial Dashboards and builds out our newsletters like this one. Get to know… Read Now >>
The UBS Global Family Office Report 2018 looks at where 311 family offices invest their money. The Top Takeaways: These families are super wealthy: The average family net worth is $1.1 billion, while the average amount of assets managed by each family office is… Read Now >>
If you ever called our office here at Illumination Wealth, you would surely receive a warm and friendly greeting from Tracey Magnuson. She is our Client Service Concierge. Tracey not only makes sure every client contact is a wonderful experience,… Read Now >>