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ASSET PROTECTION-RELATED ARTICLES BELOW
Stay Alert to Prevent Identity Thieves from
Stealing Your Money or Identity
Thieves make money using identity information of
other people. They’re out there finding ways to
steal whatever ID information they can get from
you. Elderly are often easy prey for them. Your
best defense is to be aware of when your
identity information is vulnerable to be
stolen...read
more
State Laws May Make Some Qualified Plan Money
Vulnerable to Creditors
Qualified
plans – often referred to as retirement accounts
– are government-regulated savings accounts
carrying tax-advantages as an incentive for
workers to save for their retirement. Pensions,
401(k), and IRAs are examples of some well-known
qualified plan. ERISA legislated some retirement
account protection against creditors under
bankruptcy laws. But state laws also affect that
protection...read
more
How Does Asset Protection Differ from Estate and
Financial Planning
You may hear the mention of asset
protection when you’re discussing estate
planning, but realize that asset protection has
a distinctly different goal. Let’s consider
what each does and doesn’t do to clear our
conceptions of each...read
more
Asset Protection For the Uninitiated
One specialty in financial planning is asset
protection. This relatively new area has grown
considerably over the last two decades. What’s
prompted this growth is the increased occurrence in
the U.S. of unfair court judgments that can
devastate your wealth...
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Four Investments
Carry ‘Government’ Asset Protection -But with
Limitations
But before constructing a comprehensive asset
protection plan, you should know what protection
the government offers for 4 investment
categories. Below, I overview from whom you are
– and are not- protected and some limitations
for these 4 investments categories: qualified
plans, life insurance, annuities, and your
homestead...read
more
IRAs and Qualified Plans Offer Limited
Asset Protection
You can lose your assets to creditors
(whom you’ve borrowed from), to claims
under divorce or paternity suits, to
trumped-up claims against your deep
pockets, or to government for taxes
owed...read
more
Government Asset Protection - Too Much
and None Where There Should Be
Government laws and
its legal system play a part in asset
protection. In some venues they may
protect too much, while in others,
they’re the villain that we should be
protected from. This article examines..
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Coming to Terms with Asset Protection
Strategies
Asset protection deals
with protecting your assets from others
who may make a claim on them through a
court action. Developing an approach to
what asset protection strategy you need
requires you to understand which assets
of yours are vulnerable to be claimed,
when, and ...read
more
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