Asset Preservation
Wealth Solutions offers services that allow you to grow, manage, and preserve your assets. Clients find a partner in firm founder and advisor Richard Blair with whom they can effectively manage their financial resources.
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Take the guess work out of retirement. Individuals who do not have the time or experience, wealth management can be daunting. Collaborating with a financial advisor can help demystify the confusing elements of wealth preservation.
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Holistic Retirement Planning Services in Texas
Wealth Solutions, Inc. (WSI) is a Registered Investment Advisory Firm providing personalized, comprehensive financial planning to affluent individuals, families, and small business owners in the surrounding areas of Austin and Houston. The firm’s founder Richard Blair, CAS®, CES®, CFS®, CIS®, CTS®, RICP® is an investment adviser representative with more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry.
The financial markets are always changing and WSI strongly believes financial strategies must change and adapt as well. The firm is always seeking opportunities to provide dynamic, yet conservative investment solutions that allow clients to participate on the upside while still focusing on minimizing risk. As many clients are approaching and planning for retirement, WSI understands the client’s main goal are to preserve their wealth, develop a steady retirement income, and leave a legacy to their heirs. The firm seeks to help its clients develop a comprehensive financial plan that will help them pursue their retirement goals.
Helpful Content
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Lifestyle inflation can be the enemy of wealth building. What could happen if you invested instead of buying more stuff?
Money Draining Food Myths
These food myths will really put a drain on your wallet.
Do Your Kids Know The Value of a Silver Spoon?
You taught them how to read and how to ride a bike, but have you taught your children how to manage money?
Life and Death of a Twenty Dollar Bill
How long does a $20 bill last?
Systematic Withdrawals in Retirement
Taking regular, periodic withdrawals during retirement can be quite problematic.
How Retirement Spending Changes With Time
It can be difficult for clients to imagine how much they’ll spend in retirement. This short, insightful article is useful for jumpstarting a conversation about retirement spending, spending habits, and potential medical costs.
The Half Million Dollar Baby
The true cost of raising a child may be far more than you expect.
Investing with Your Heart
For some, the social impact of investing is just as important as the return, perhaps more important.
And the Executor Is
The right executor may help ensure the distribution of your assets is done with as little upheaval as possible.
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Historical Inflation
This calculator shows how inflation over the years has impacted purchasing power.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Interested in a Fuel Efficient Car?
Estimate how many months it may take to recover the out-of-pocket costs when buying a more efficient vehicle.
Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.
What Is the Dividend Yield?
This calculator helps determine your pre-tax and after-tax dividend yield on a particular stock.
Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
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An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
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.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
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What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
Consider These 3 Things Before Driving Off the Lot
There are a few things to consider when buying or leasing your next vehicle.
Social Security: By the Numbers
Here are five facts about Social Security that might surprise you.
Should I Invest in Gold?
Learning more about gold and its history may help you decide whether it has a place in your portfolio.
Choosing a Mortgage
Selecting a mortgage isn't an easy process. Get a better understanding of how professionals make the right decisions.
Where Is the Market Headed?
We all know the stock market can be unpredictable. We all want to know, “What’s next for the financial markets?”