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Have you wondered how Social Security will affect your overall financial plan? Although the federal government created Social Security during the Great Depression as a retirement safety net, benefits now cover an estimated 96% of Americans, which is why it’s important to understand the basics of the program and devise strategies to tie your benefits into your retirement plan.

At Washington Wealth Advisors, we care about educating our clients and being involved in our community. We want to involve you in the financial planning process and give you opportunities to be a part of what our firm does. We invite you to please join us for our upcoming events.

Do you ever wish your financial life could be more streamlined and organized? There are so many pieces of the financial pie that things can get complicated, or, even worse, fall through the cracks. Creating customized investment and wealth management solutions requires a significant amount of coordination.

This summer we’ve been fortunate to have an intern that many of you have met, John Miller. John is studying at Virginia Tech on the Financial Planning track. He has been a great help around the office and shares our passion for serving our clients as they plan for their financial future.

By Maura C. Schauss, CFP

by Todd Youngdahl, CFP®

With voters in the United Kingdom (U.K.) having chosen to leave the European Union (E.U.) after 43 years of membership, many are asking how will the resulting “Brexit” affect the U.K. markets as well as the rest of Europe and the global economic markets.

After a tumultuous start to 2016, major domestic stock indexes continued to stabilize during the early part of May. Thankfully, there were no new negative developments in China and oil prices increased slightly. Investors did not exactly “sell in May and go away” – a common stock market saying. In fact, the S&P 500 gained 1.53% last month.

Thank you to all of our clients, families, friends, and local business owners for attending the Open House of our new office at One Loudoun! We are so excited to be a part of this community and sincerely appreciate your welcome and support.