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By Todd Youngdahl, CFP®

For the past several years, there have been headlines aplenty all focused on the same thing: the imminent market downturn. Despite all the dire predictions, the market doesn’t seem to care what everyone thinks. It just keeps going up and up.

Our team at Washington Wealth Advisors is delighted to welcome Victoria Boinest to the team as our summer intern. Victoria is a Finance major at James Madison and excited to work with our team on some internal projects to support our overall delivery of an excellent client experience. We thought you’d like to learn a little more about Victoria and her goals after graduation.

By Maura C. Schauss, CFP®

If you’ve ever met or worked with us, you are probably well aware of how serious we take client service. If you have yet to work with us yet, we hope you’ll be surprisingly pleased by how above and beyond we go when it comes to providing our clients an excellent experience working with us.

By Nadine Sadeghi and Alexandra Devereaux

As part of our Fidelity summit training, we would like to remind our clients of the importance of securing their confidential financial data, something that is of utmost importance to all of us at WWA.

By Todd Youngdahl, CFP®

Retirement planning is far from simple. While that may seem like a blatant understatement, it’s especially true when you start looking at all your options and try to determine what is right for you. Each of your many options has pros and cons, unique opportunities, and various fees. While you know you need to invest, it can be challenging to decide what the best choice is for you and your unique situation.

Today, we’re focusing on the Roth and the opportunities it can provide to investors.

By Ann Blakey, MBA, RP® 

May 29th is National 529 College Savings Plan Day – and while we aren’t sending each other Hallmark cards for this holiday (yet!), it is a good reminder to stop and think about your family’s college savings strategy.   

By Maura C. Schauss, CFP®

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.

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.