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We want you to have a great financial start to the new year. In this article, we highlight several financial planning areas with 10 things to consider in 2022.

To provide perspective as you plan for the new year, we have compiled a short list of market and economic topics top of mind that helped define 2021 as we make our way into 2022.

In this article, we review password security including how reusing the same username/email and password combination across multiple online accounts is not recommended.

The way we feel about risk in life sometimes extends to how we feel about market risk, which is why knowing and accepting your risk tolerance is essential to achieving your financial goals.

Charitable lead trusts will become more relevant for donors who want to make charitable donations if tax rates go up and interest rates stay low.

Forum Financial Management, LP has been named as one of Barron’s 2021 Top 100 RIA Firms.

Forum Financial Management, LP appears in the Top 100 on the 2021 Financial Advisor RIA Ranking.

Inflation is always a risk factor in investing — it essentially measures the erosion of how much your wealth can buy. If the prices of goods and services increase over time, it requires more dollars to consume them. Forum shares perspective on the second quarter.

Forum Partner Barbara Ray outlines why executives should be considering a nonqualified deferred compensation plan, explaining who qualifies and why it can be an appropriate savings method.

The performance of equity and bond markets in the first quarter of 2021 has been as close to opposite of the start of 2020 as it gets. This is a reminder that diversification works over the long term.

There are many things to consider when opting for a Roth. This article describes opportunities and situations where it would be advantageous to contribute and convert to a Roth IRA.

In March, Partner Brian Savage retired from Forum Financial Management, the firm he co-founded more than a decade ago. Read about Brian’s lasting contributions as we wish him a fond farewell.

Diversification, thoughtful portfolio allocation and tax efficiency are important no matter your life stage. This article serves as a helpful guide to some of the planning-related topics individuals should consider long before they reach retirement.

Forum Advisor Dan Drallmeier, CFP® explains how HSAs work, including how to maximize such accounts for the future by turning one into a “medical piggy bank.”

We are excited to announce Forum has surpassed $5 billion of assets managed or serviced as of December 31, 2020, a significant milestone achieved by the firm.

To provide perspective on the fourth quarter and all of 2020, we have gathered a short list of market and economic anomalies as we make our way in the new year.

One of the many lessons we learned in 2020 was to be ready for anything. Mary Pat Wesche highlights several financial planning topics for the new year.

Coming up with goals and breaking them down into a framework takes time. Forum Advisor Juan Ros outlines how to achieve your goals in five steps.

Marie Stark, CPA has been named a partner for Forum Financial Management. Marie is the second advisor to move up internally from the Forum advisory team to the Forum partner group in less than five years.

Forum is pleased to announce that David Smith Advisory, a wealth management firm located in Miami, has joined Forum. David Smith, CLU, ChFC, CFP®, founder of David Smith Advisory, is now a partner with Forum.

We often get asked for advice from our startup founder clients about benefits and 401(k)s. Nirav Batavia offers a simple guide that lays out the common decision points and the most likely direction we would suggest startup founders take based on stage of company.

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic back in late February and early March, economic prognosticators were already trying to forecast what type of recovery we would have in the United States.

It is probably an understatement to call this year unusual, and that extends to the financial planning topics that our advisors are focused on heading into the end of 2020.

Forum Financial Management, LP has been named as one of Barron’s 2020 Top 100 RIA Firms.