Structuring for efficiency is about how you invest and how you hold your assets. Especially with regards to investing in a manner that will reduce taxes for you. You can get advice around how to do this from your financial planner. In this video, Ruark describes: The acronym S.M.A.R.T for tax reducing investing The benefits...
Category: Smart Start Financial Planning
Smart Start Series: 3. Starting with the end in mind
Planning for your retirement (whatever you think that might look like) is vital and offers huge benefits if you can start early. It is a good idea to start thinking about your lifestyle in retirement, even when you’re as young as 21. Ruark in this video shares some vital tips: Why planning retirement early is...
Smart Start Series: 2. Covering your bases
When you don’t have a financial plan in place – where should you start? As Ruark mentioned in the previous video, you shouldn’t leave your will or life insurance until the final stages of your financial plan – you should start with them. In this video he unpacks why, highlighting your obligations to your dependents...
Smart Start Series: 1. Getting Started
When you don’t have a financial plan in place – where should you start? Many people leave their Last Will and Testament until the final stages of their financial plan – we believe it should be the first! Ruark takes us through a few quick points that cover your will, an emergency account, and insuring your most...