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Fall 2023 Newsletter

Strategic Planning Group’s newest Fall 2023 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park, Tom Craner, and Alex Craner. Then don’t forget to enjoy a blast from the past with a ‘Find the Hidden Objects’ activity, and a chance to meet the team.  Mail Me a Newsletter

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Fall 2022 Newsletter

Strategic Planning Group’s newest Fall 2022 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park, Tom Craner, and Alex Craner. Who is in the mood for some trivia?  Test your knowledge and see how you do. Strategic Planning Group is growing. We are always excited to add more members to …

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Spring 2022 Newsletter

Strategic Planning Group’s newest Spring 2022 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park, Tom Craner, and Alex Craner. Who is in the mood for some delicious, homemade banana bread? Enjoy a recipe from one of our employee’s, Heather Cunningham. Strategic Planning Group is growing. We are always excited …

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Separating The Signal From The Noise

What kind of role can a financial professional play for an investor?The answer: an important one. While the value of such a relationship is hard to quantify, the intangible benefits may be long-lasting. There are certain investors who turn to a financial professional with one goal in mind: the “alpha” objective of beating the market. But even Wall Street’s brightest …

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Retirement Seen Through Your Eyes

How do you picture your Future?Some see retirement as a time to start a new career. Others see it as a time to travel. Still others plan to spend more time with family and friends. With that in mind, here are some things to consider.What do you absolutely need to accomplish?If you could only get four or five things done …

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Fall 2021 Newsletter

Strategic Planning Group’s newest Fall 2021 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park, Tom Craner, and Alex Craner. Are you familiar with the different types of scams many are facing daily? Enjoy this crossword as you test your knowledge of 6 different Scams and Schemes. Do you think …

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How to Appeal Your Property Taxes

Between 30 percent and 60 percent of taxable property has an inflated assessment, which may lead to higher property tax bills. Moreover, typically fewer than 5 percent of taxpayers dispute their assessment.¹ For homeowners who think their local government may have assessed their property’s value too high, there are ways to appeal and potentially win a lower assessment, which may …

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Spring 2021 Newsletter

Strategic Planning Group’s newest Spring 2021 Newsletter is here! Enjoy articles from our CEO and President, Ryan Craner, as well as from advisors, John Park and Tom Craner. Are you ready for a brain game? Try to decipher our Retirement Word Scramble.  Do you think you can get them all? Strategic Planning Group is growing. We are always excited to …

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How Income Taxes Work

The Internal Revenue Service estimates that taxpayers and businesses spend 8.1 billion hours a year complying with tax-filing requirements. To put this into perspective, if all this work were done by a single company, it would need about four million full-time employees and be one of the largest industries in the U.S.1  Continue on to learn more about how income taxes …