At McKenzie Financial Services, our mission is to help you take control of your future by developing a plan and working with you along the way to pursue your financial goals. We are driven by a strong personal service commitment using a team approach and we work in conjunction with your current professional relationships while providing you with additional access to our resources. All in all, our goal is to help you succeed through planning, investing, and implementing smart financial solutions.
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What is the Value of Your Business?
Ascertaining the value of your business is important for a variety of reasons.
Global vs. International: What’s The Difference?
International funds invest in non-U.S. markets, while global funds may invest in U.S. stocks alongside non-U.S. stocks.
A Home Insurance Claim: To File Or Not To File
Learn when it may not make sense to file a claim on your home insurance.
Stop Wasting Money
One way to find money is to examine your current spending habits and eliminate money wasters.
Password Protection Strategies
Simple steps may help you foil hackers and protect your privacy.
How Financial Professionals Are Compensated
Read this overview to learn how financial advisors are compensated.
Tax Reform: Before and After
What did the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act change? Here's a quick snapshot.
Earnings for All Seasons
Earnings season can move markets. What is it and why is it important?
Orchestrating Your Retirement Accounts
Getting the instruments of your retirement to work in concert may go far in realizing the retirement you imagine.
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Annuity Comparison
This calculator compares a hypothetical fixed annuity with an account where the interest is taxed each year.
Saving for College
This calculator can help you estimate how much you should be saving for college.
Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings
Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.
Inflation & Retirement
Estimate how much income may be needed at retirement to maintain your standard of living.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Potential Income from an IRA
Estimate your monthly and annual income from various IRA types.
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Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
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The Long Run: Women and Retirement
For women, retirement strategy is a long race. It’s helpful to know the route.
It May Be Time for a Financial Checkup
It’s never a bad time to speak with your financial professional about changes in your situation.
Coaches
Coaches have helped you your whole life, in ways big and small. We’d like to be one of them.
RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?
The Fed and How It Got That Way
Here is a quick history of the Federal Reserve and an overview of what it does.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?