October 23, 2026
Charitable giving strategies changed in 2026. See how cash, investments, donor-advised funds, and grouping gifts compare....
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October 23, 2026
Qualified Charitable Distributions: How Direct IRA Gifts Work
A qualified charitable distribution sends IRA money straight to charity. See who qualifies, the 2026 limit, and the RMD rules....
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October 20, 2026
Retirement Rule Changes in 2026: What Changed and What Did Not
Retirement rule changes for 2026 include a new senior deduction and higher limits. See what changed and what stayed the same....
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October 20, 2026
How to Read Your Social Security COLA Notice
Your Social Security COLA notice shows your new benefit and each deduction. See how to read it and why your deposit can rise less....
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October 19, 2026
Schwab vs. Fidelity: Which Investment Firm Is Right for You?
When choosing where to invest your money, there are many options out there. Two of the most well known are Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments. Both companies are among the largest financial institutions in the United States, offering a wide range of investment products, retirement accounts, financial planning tools, and online trading platforms. At first glance, they appear remarkably similar....
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October 19, 2026
What Is an Investment Firm?
What Does an Investment Firm Do? An investment firm is a financial company that helps individuals, families, businesses, and organizations manage and invest their money. Depending on the type of firm, its services may include investment management, portfolio construction, financial planning, retirement planning, and ongoing financial guidance. While some investment firms primarily focus on buying and selling investments, others take...
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October 6, 2026
Roth Account Rules: What Has Changed Since 1997, and What Has Not
TAX STRATEGIES By Alex Langan, JD, Chief Investment Officer Langan Financial Group · 6 min read In August a reader asked us a question we have been answering in two parts: what if the rules change before you get there? In September we looked at Social Security, including how past Social Security reforms treated people near retirement. This article covers...
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October 6, 2026
Annual Financial Review: Five Planning Decisions With No Deadline
RETIREMENT By Alex Langan, JD, Chief Investment Officer Langan Financial Group · 7 min read Some parts of a retirement plan arrive with a date attached. Medicare open enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7. Required withdrawals start at a set age. Tax returns are due in April. Other decisions come without a set date. They rarely arrive with...
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September 29, 2026
Open Enrollment Before You Retire: What to Review This Fall
Open enrollment tends to get five minutes and a click. Open enrollment before you retire deserves more than that. The reason is simple. Some of what you choose follows you out the door, and some of it stops the day you leave. Knowing which is which is easier to sort out in the fall than in the week you retire....
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September 29, 2026
Medicare Open Enrollment: What to Review in Your Plan
Most of a financial plan can be changed any week of the year. Health coverage is one of the few parts with a deadline attached. Medicare open enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7. Changes made in that window start on January 1. Outside it, the choices are mostly set until the next fall. Still working: if you are...
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September 21, 2026
Retirement Income Gap: Does Your Lifetime Income Cover Your Essentials?
A lot of retirement worry comes down to one question. Is it enough? It is a hard question to answer in one piece. It gets easier once you break it into two smaller ones: how much has to come from savings each month, and how much of that covers spending you could not adjust. The first of those two is...
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September 21, 2026
Retirement Income Sources: How Social Security, Pensions, and Savings Differ
For most of your working life, the money came from one place. In retirement it usually comes from several, each starting on its own schedule and taxed its own way. Those sources are not always written down in one place. That list is worth making, because how much of your income is fixed and how much depends on markets shapes...
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September 15, 2026
How to Review Your Beneficiary Designations
Reviewing beneficiary designations rarely makes it onto a list. It is also among the few parts of an estate plan you can confirm yourself, this week, without an appointment. Still working: the account most likely to be out of date is the one you set up on your first day at a job you may no longer have. Already retired:...
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September 15, 2026
Beneficiary Designations: Who Inherits Your Retirement Accounts
Most people picture a will as the document that settles everything. For a large share of what you own, it does not. Beneficiary designations are the forms you filled in when you opened a retirement account or bought a life insurance policy. They name who inherits that account, and for those accounts the form generally controls. Still working: your employer...
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September 8, 2026
Pre-Retirement Planning: What Changes in the Last Five Years
Most retirement advice is written for people who are either decades away or already finished. Pre-retirement planning gets less attention than either. The last five working years are where pre-retirement planning happens. They are also the years when a number of changes land close together. What changes before you retire is not the goal. It is the number of rules...
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September 8, 2026
Five Years Before Retirement: What to Handle and When
The five years before retirement feel like plenty of time, and for most of that stretch, they are. But the five years before retirement contains several rules that take effect on their own schedule. A plan built around a single date can miss them entirely. Still working: this is the stretch where the widest range of decisions is still open...
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September 8, 2026
Privacy Notice
Rev. 08/2026 FACTS Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. What? The types of personal information we...
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September 8, 2026
Form CRS
June 25, 2026 Item 1. Introduction. Langan Financial Group is registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ and it is important for you to understand the differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials...
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September 8, 2026
Important Disclosures
Langan Financial Group, LLC (“Langan Financial Group” or “LFG”) is an SEC registered investment adviser. SEC registration does not constitute an endorsement of the firm by the Commission nor does it indicate that the adviser has attained a particular level of skill or ability. LFG may only transact business in those states in which it is registered, or qualifies for...
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September 1, 2026
How Past Reforms Treated People Near Retirement
Learn how social security reform history shaped current benefits and what the 1983 changes tell us about future adjustments to your retirement plan....
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