Money

Concerned About Retiring and Your Future?

  RETIREMENT – a day we spend our working lives looking forward to, but as it approaches, more and more people are [...]

Cliffs, Valleys and Peaks

At the time of this writing, Congress and the President are hand-in-hand escorting our economy off of the proverbial fiscal cliff.

Staying Alive, Staying Alive

Planning and Execution Key to Successful Retirement by Ryan Lees   “Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal [...]

Do You Think Tax Changes Only Apply to the ‘Rich’?

…well, Think Again by Karen Crain As I’m sure everyone has heard, there are a multitude of tax increases that will go [...]

First Wave Financial

COMPANY PROFILE Tom Kirk, president & CEO, First Wave Financial First Wave Financial   Location: Satellite Beach   Executive: Tom Kirk, president [...]

Preserving Our Future

EDUCATION Preserving Our Future Half-Cent Sales Tax Necessary to Maintain Brevard Public Schools’ Services by Brian Binggeli   We often hear that [...]

Community Bank of the South

Community Bank of the South The Little Bank that Can! by George White   According to a regional four-year peer performance study [...]

The Keys to Fiscal Literacy

Understanding Financial Statements Whether you are a new investor, a business owner, a manager, an executive, a nonprofit director, or just trying to [...]

The Basics of Borrowing

How Small Businesses Can Get the Loans They Need Throughout Florida, small businesses account for a big part of our economy. But [...]

Should You Purchase Long-Term Care Insurance?

Retirement Plans Need to Factor in Future Healthcare Costs That is a question that is not so easy to answer. Everyone has [...]

The Art of Disciplined Investing

It Helps Keep Emotions in Check by Steven Audino Knowing that financial markets are constantly changing, it’s often hard to gauge when [...]

The Issues of Business Succession

Dealing with Emotions, Finances and Timing Many business owners find their wealth is mostly tied up in their businesses, which provides well [...]

I’m Being Audited…

…Now What? What do you do when you open your mailbox and find a letter from the IRS saying you are being [...]

Is Your Nonprofit at Risk?

275,000 Lost Their Tax-Exempt Status in 2011 by Juliana Kreul There are close to 2 million tax-exempt organizations operating in the United [...]

Building and Protecting Your Nest Egg

How Career Moves Can Affect Your Investments by Steven Audino The days when an employee would spend his or her entire career [...]