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Cetera Advisor Networks, located at Granite Credit Union, is a financial services firm committed to helping our clients improve their long-term financial success. Our customized programs are designed to grow, protect, and conserve our clients' wealth by delivering an unprecedented level of personalized service and experience. We encourage you to explore our site and learn more about the services we provide.
Helpful Content
Estimating the Cost of College
This worksheet can help you estimate the costs of a four-year college program.
Understanding Marginal Income Tax Brackets
An inside look at how marginal income tax brackets work.
What Is a 1035 Exchange?
1035 exchanges provide a way to trade-in an annuity contract or life insurance policy without triggering a tax liability.
Healthcare Costs in Retirement
Without a solid approach, health care expenses may add up quickly and potentially alter your spending.
Revising Estate Strategy Assumptions
Estate tax exemptions rules appear to be stabilizing, prompting many to reconsider conventional estate strategies.
When Does Your Personal Car Become a Commercial Vehicle?
At what point can you call a personal vehicle commercial?
You May Need to Make Estimated Tax Payments If…
Have income that isn’t subject to tax withholding? Or insufficient withholdings? You may have to pay estimated taxes.
Systematic Withdrawals in Retirement
Taking regular, periodic withdrawals during retirement can be quite problematic.
Social Security: Maximizing Benefits
There are other ways to maximize Social Security benefits, in addition to waiting to claim them.
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Bi-Weekly Payments
This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.
Should I Pay Off Debt or Invest?
This calculator will help determine whether you should invest funds or pay down debt.
Assess Your Life Insurance Needs
This calculator estimates how much life insurance you would need to meet your family's needs if you were to die prematurely.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
Disability Income
This calculator estimates your chances of becoming disabled and your potential need for disability insurance.
My Retirement Savings
Estimate how long your retirement savings may last using various monthly cash flow rates.
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Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
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When Markets React
When markets shift, experienced investors stick to their strategy.
Saving for College 101
Here’s a crash course on saving for college.
The Other Sure Thing
Though we don’t like to think about it, all of us will make an exit sometime. Are you prepared?
18 Years’ Worth of Days
The average retirement lasts for 18 years, with many lasting even longer. Will you fill your post-retirement days with purpose?
Should You Ever Retire?
A growing number of Americans are pushing back the age at which they plan to retire. Or deciding not to retire at all.
What Our Kids Can Teach us About Saving Money
Would you guess that Millennials are effectively saving for retirement? Well, they are.