Your Financial Future
Stephen C. Lawler, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and the Lawler Financial team of professionals can work for you to address your unique comprehensive financial life. Lawler Financial Advisory Corporation is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) fiduciary industry leader with expertise in wealth management and innovative comprehensive independent financial planning in our client's best interests.
Our priority is a solid foundation for clients and their overall financial success. We want to learn more about one’s personal situation, identify dreams and goals, and develop strategies to pursue them. Long-term client relationships that encourage and promote communication have been the cornerstone of our foundation of success for over 30 years.
Lawler Financial provides investment consulting services and a customized wealth management process including efficient solutions for individuals, households, families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. Our suite of services includes retirement planning, investments, insurance, tax planning, risk management, estate planning, cash flow analysis, education funding, and employee benefits.
Helpful Content
Certain Uncertainties in Retirement
The uncertainties we face in retirement can erode our sense of confidence.
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
How Big is Money?
Learn a little about worldwide currency in this fun infographic
The Financial Literacy Crisis
Many Americans are operating their personal finances with only the barest minimum of knowledge.
The Half Million Dollar Baby
The true cost of raising a child may be far more than you expect.
Choices for Your 401(k) at a Former Employer
Individuals have three basic choices with the 401(k) account they accrued at a previous employer.
A Taxing Story: Capital Gains and Losses
Understanding how capital gains are taxed may help you refine your investment strategies.
Your Changing Definition of Risk in Retirement
A change in your mindset during retirement may drive changes to your portfolio.
The Business Cycle
Understanding the economy's cycles can help put current business conditions in better perspective.
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Comparing Mortgage Terms
Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.
What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
Capital Gains Tax Estimator
Use this calculator to estimate your capital gains tax.
Interested in a Fuel Efficient Car?
Estimate how many months it may take to recover the out-of-pocket costs when buying a more efficient vehicle.
Potential Income from an IRA
Estimate your monthly and annual income from various IRA types.
Long-Term-Care Needs
Determine your potential long-term care needs and how long your current assets might last.
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Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Tax Management Strategies
Learn more about taxes, tax-favored investing, and tax strategies.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
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Rightsizing for Retirement
What does your home really cost?
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate
From Boats to Brokers
From the Dutch East India Company to Wall Street, the stock market has a long and storied history.
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
All about how missing the best market days (or the worst!) might affect your portfolio.
To Buy or Not to Buy
The decision whether to buy or rent a home may have long-term implications.
Saving for College 101
Here’s a crash course on saving for college.