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When you’re a small business owner, your financial life can be complex. There’s a lot of financial risk in business planning. Entrepreneurs often invest their entire lives – both time and money – into their business. They may have every penny accounted for when it comes to their company; however, many times, they neglect their personal finances. What are their plans for retirement? Can they sell their business? What happens when they’re ready to hand the reigns over to someone else? Well, here’s some financial advice for small business owners.

Your risk tolerance isn’t always the same. While there may be some areas where you can take a lot of risks, there are other areas where you really shouldn’t.

Not all financial advisors are the same. An important distinction is whether they adhere to the fiduciary standard.

How do you decide when it’s the right time for you to retire? This is a common question we get at Align Wealth Partners, as is “Will I outlive my retirement savings?”

Health care is a top concern for people approaching or in retirement. Older Americans are caught in a trifecta that affects their retirement health care and its costs:

Many folks are happy to take the recommendations of financial advisors. Fewer folks are happy to pay for those recommendations.

The Baton Rouge area attracts many retirees due to a confluence of factors, including easy transportation, warm climate, low taxes, abundant medical care and many home health care providers.

On the surface, the terms “retirement planning” and “financial planning” might seem interchangeable. But while they are similar in many ways and often do go hand-in-hand, the two are not exactly the same. Each has its own intricacies and fine details that make it unique.

Experienced financial advisors can offer employees in the petrochemical industry financial plans tailored to the unique needs of their occupation.

People are busy. There’s work, family obligations, relationships, children – the list goes on. Because of this, some very important tasks are often pushed aside, like financial and retirement planning. But this can be a costly misstep.