Bringing the financial pieces of your life together.™
Welcome to Mindful Financials, LLC, specializing in bringing the financial pieces of your life together.
As personal financial professionals, Tricia Metcalf can:
- Help you clarify and define your goals
- Recommend strategies that fit your needs
- Deliver timely information
- Explain how changing financial conditions affect you
- Monitor your financial progress
- Make investing less complicated
Our website is an information resource designed to help you learn more about personal finance. Click around and you'll find a variety of financial tools. There are financial calculators that can help you get a clearer picture of where you stand and where you're headed. There is a research library and newsletter articles on a wide range of financial topics. You can even request a quote for an insurance or investment product. And check back often, because we're constantly adding new material. If you have a specific question or want more information, click on Contact Us, drop us an e-mail message to Tricia Metcalf at TMetcalf@MindfulFinancials.com, or call us at 413-572-0944 or 800-498-6144. We're ready to help.
Newsletters
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Tips to Help Preserve Your Inheritance
It’s important for heirs to consider how a windfall might be used to strengthen their finances now and over the long term.
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Making It Make Sense: The Roth 5-Year Rule
Understanding the Roth 5-year rule is essential to maintaining the tax advantaged treatment of Roth account assets.
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Strategies for Taking RMDs
This article provides an overview of rules, options, and strategies for taking required minimum distributions (RMDs).
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Keeping Cool in Volatile Markets
Overreacting to market movements or trying to “time the market” by guessing its future direction can create additional risk that could negatively affect long-term portfolio performance.
Calculators
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Taxable Equivalent Yield
Calculate the rate of return you would have to receive from a taxable investment to realize an equivalent tax-exempt yield.
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Car Affordability
How much can you afford to pay for a car?
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Cost of Retirement
Use this calculator to estimate how much income and savings you may need in retirement.
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LTCI Cost of Waiting
Estimate the potential cost of waiting to purchase a long-term care insurance policy.