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    Forbes Finance Council: Understanding Financial Risk

    Why You Shouldn't Just Focus On The Probability Of Success In a recent article for Forbes Finance Council, Covisum Founder and President Joe Elsasser, CFP® suggested that focusing on a probability of success is a poor method for moving people to make the best possible financial decisions.
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    Hidden Value: Probability of Success vs. Consequence of Failure

    Hidden Value is a column in ThinkAdvisor where Joe Elsasser, CFP®, answers common questions with insights advisors and their clients may not have considered. This week he takes a closer look at Monte Carlo simulations.
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    Forbes Finance Council: An Annual Checkup Can Keep Your Retirement Plan Healthy

    Which accounts should you be tapping, and in which order? In a recent article for Forbes Finance Council, Covisum Founder and President Joe Elsasser, CFP® suggested that regular checkups with a financial advisor are the key to a healthy retirement plan. Help your clients make the most of their annual meeting with you with these tips.
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    Income InSight Q&A

    The retirement planning platform you’ve been waiting for has arrived: Income InSight™. Income InSight quickly and easily shows the impact of different decisions within a client’s financial plan. Covisum’s newest tool resolves conflicts commonly seen between loosely-integrated planning tools and deeply integrates with Covisum’s other tools: Social Security Timing®, Tax Clarity®, and SmartRisk™, to provide clients with a clear vision of their retirement. I sat down with Joe Elsasser, CFP®, Founder and President of Covisum to ask him a few questions about Covisum’s newest software.
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    On-Demand Webinar: Tax-Efficient Planning for Baby Boomers

    Clients don’t always understand the interactions between different types of income and deductions, leading to potentially significant tax inefficiency in their retirement strategy. Recently Joe Elsasser, CFP®, hosted a webinar to help advisors identify which accounts clients should withdraw from, and when, in order to make better retirement strategy decisions for tax-efficient planning. The webinar is now available for on-demand viewing. Watch the webinar when and where it's convenient for you.
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    Hidden Value: Tax-Savvy Tactics for Retirement Cash Flow

    Hidden Value is a column in ThinkAdvisor where Joe Elsasser, CFP®, answers common questions with insights advisors and their clients may not have considered. This week he takes a closer look at the tax implications and the hidden tax-efficient planning opportunities created through interactions between various cash sources.
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