5 Ways Business Owners Can Improve Cash Flow
In business, cash is king. At Marzano Capital Group, we are always looking for ways to help our business owner clients manage the money flowing into and out of their companies. Improving business cash flow makes it easier for owners to run their business to help fund their personal and business goals. Here are five […]
Misconceptions of Financial Planning Importance
As our firm continues to build on the momentum from the capital markets in 2020, we are continuing to meet with more and more people that reside in our wonderful community. We are privileged to have been a part of this community for many years and we look forward to many great years ahead! During our review/goal planning sessions with clients […]
3 Tax Strategies to Reduce Tax This Year
We are quickly approaching the April 15th deadline to file your 2019 tax return. Hopefully, you find yourself in a situation this year without any surprises in money owed to Uncle Sam. At Marzano Capital Group, we work closely with our clients and their tax advisors to develop an appropriate tax strategy. While every client’s […]
The Fish Story
For our January “Making Dollars Making Sense” column, we wanted to share an article written by Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist at First Trust Portfolios. In this article, Brian retells the parable of the Fish Story from Paul Zane Pilzers 1990 book, Unlimited Wealth. This parable helps to explain the dangers of taxation and redistribution of […]
3 Reasons Small Business Owners Should Have a Retirement Plan
According to a Pew Charitable Trust survey, only 53% of small to mid-size businesses, those with between 5 and 250 employees, offer a retirement plan. Many small businesses site administrative hassles, plan related expenses, and lack of employee interest as reasons for not offering a retirement plan. As a small business owner, you may be […]
4th Quarter Financial Checklist
As we approach the end of 2019 (hard to believe!), the team at Marzano Capital Group wants to put emphasis on a handful of important items when it comes to personal finance. Together, we feel that reviewing the 5 bullet points below with a team of financial professionals can add value to your overall situation: […]
How Much Money Will I Need for Retirement
For most of us, we work our entire lives to do four things: take care of ourselves, provide for our families, save money for retirement, and hopefully be able to leave something to our children and grandchildren when we depart. We work hard every day to be able to one day reach the finish line […]
Keeping Perspective
The strength of the US consumer, coupled with historically low interest rates, is continuing to keep the US equity market indexes near all-time highs. If the information the Federal Reserve Board looks at shows the economy is slowing down, they stand ready to lower rates to keep the current economic expansion going. Employment numbers in […]
What is Your Exit Strategy?
An exit strategy is something that every small business should have in mind, even one-person sole proprietorships. Your exit strategy could influence key business decisions, from type of legal structure to which revenue models to adopt, impacting decisions on how to balance the tradeoffs between long versus short-term investments in growth, down to the types […]