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What Are Required Minimum Distributions

Learn more about required minimum distributions from Intermountain Wealth Management, registered investment advisors that put your best interests first located in Idaho Falls.
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Year-End Tax Strategies

Explore top year-end tax strategies to optimize your returns. Uncover actionable insights to reduce liabilities and maximize deductions before the year closes.
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Understanding your 401k

Unlock the essentials of your 401K with this comprehensive guide. Dive into its basics, benefits, and how it impacts your financial future. Perfect for beginners and those looking to optimize retirement savings.
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Calculating Your Pension Benefit

Calculating retirement benefits can seem complex, but with a clear understanding of your retirement plan's components and formula, university professors can take charge of their financial future.
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Contributing to an Account Outside of Work

Contributing to a retirement account outside of work is a proactive step towards securing a financially stable future. Learn more about planning for your individual retirement with Intermountain Wealth Management.
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5 Less Known Reasons to Invest in a Retirement Account

Investing in a retirement account is like planting a garden. It takes time and effort, but the rewards are worth it in the long run. Learn more reasons for investing in a retirement account from Intermountain Wealth Management.
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All In on Investing in Real Estate? 5 Things to Consider

Real estate seems to be a “trendy” investment today, just like cryptocurrency. Influencers vlog themselves either building their dream homes or buying investment properties. Let's look at the popular reasons and some potential deep-rooted motives behind investing.
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S&P 500 Index – Time to Exhale

The S&P 500 Index has been trading in choppy action over the last month. The index is giving mixed signals.
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Protect Yourself from the Equifax Hack

Equifax, one of the large three credit reporting companies was recently hacked. Over 143 million Americans had their personal information compromised.
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Bad News for Bonds – Rising Interest Rates

After the stock market crash of 2008, the Federal Reserve, in an effort to stimulate the economy, reduced the cost of borrowing money by lowering interest rates to zero.
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Financial Planning

Me and the S&P 500 Index

With the growth of index funds, coupled with the SEC requirement to have all mutual funds compare themselves to a benchmark or index, people are focusing on benchmarks and indices instead of focusing on their own needs and objectives.
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Is China Playing President Trump?

Whether you like or dislike President Trump, we can all agree that he has stirred strong emotion in the hearts of the American people. What are the concerns the president has and how might China respond?
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Will the Third Shoe Drop

Today the S&P 500 Index broke above 3000 for the first time in anticipation the Federal Reserve Chairmen Jay Powell will lower interest rates in July.
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Bad News is Good News?

The Federal Reserve only lowers interest rates when it wants to increase inflation, or it is concerned about slowing economic growth in the U.S. and around the world.
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The Federal Reserve is Running Low on Ammunition

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates 0.25% on July 31st. In doing so the Federal Reserve used up some of it’s ammunition for future needs.
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Negative Interest Rates?

Negative interest rates refer to a scenario in which cash deposits incur a charge for storage at a bank, rather than receiving interest income.
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Impeachment and the Stock Market

With the Democrats in Congress starting a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian President, some people are wondering what effect impeachment will have on the stock market.
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Is the Stock Market a predictor of Presidential Elections?

Can the stock market predict the outcome of the presidential elections? Not really, but there is some interesting data about the S&P 500 Index and the presidential elections.
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Emotional or Disciplined Investment Decisions

Regardless of today’s uncertain environment, we believe the right thing to do is follow our disciplined process for making investment decisions because this too shall pass.
Financial Planning

Coronavirus and the World Economy

The possible economic consequences of the coronavirus — now called Covid-19 is a concern for everyone around the world. Here are different comments from a variety of organizations.
Investment News

The Good & Bad of the New SECURE Act

President Trump signed new legislation into law at the end of 2019 for the new Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (Secure) Act, starting in 2020. Here is what it means if you have an IRA.
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The Fear of Missing Out

On November 26, it was announced the Dow set its 100th record high under the Trump administration leadership. With investments climbing higher and higher, it is easy to get caught up in the emotion called the fear of missing out.
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Déjà vu

No one knows or can predict what will happen in the future, but it is interesting how history will often repeat itself.
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