Understanding Today’s Financial Environment
At Provident Investment Services, our financial professionals understand that individuals face unique challenges as they build wealth and plan for the future. We can help take the mystery out of preparing for today and tomorrow. Whether your goal is preparing for retirement, saving for college, or managing your estate, our personalized service focuses on your needs, wants, and financial goals and objectives.
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Once Upon a Goal
Do you know how to set up your financial goals for success? This knight does.
Choosing a Business Structure
Entrepreneurs all face the same question, “Which business structure should I adopt?”
U.S. Personal Savings Rate
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U.S. Personal Savings Rate
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Good Health is Good Business
Good employee health can be great for the company’s bottom line.
The Five Basics of Financial Literacy
How literate are you when it comes to your finances? Brush up with these five basics.
Building Your Legacy
A four-step framework for building a personal legacy.
Stop Wasting Money
One way to find money is to examine your current spending habits and eliminate money wasters.
Inflation - Back to the Future
Even low inflation rates over an extended period of time can impact your finances in retirement.
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Saving for College
This calculator can help you estimate how much you should be saving for college.
Tax Freedom Day
Assess how many days you'll work to pay your federal tax liability.
Roth 401(k) vs. Traditional 401(k)
This calculator compares employee contributions to a Roth 401(k) and a traditional 401(k).
Comparing Investments
This calculator compares the net gain of a taxable investment versus a tax-favored one.
Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
Impact of Taxes and Inflation
Estimate the potential impact taxes and inflation can have on the purchasing power of an investment.
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Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
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What Smart Investors Know
Smart investors take the time to separate emotion from fact.
Jane Bond: Infiltrating the Market
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, cracking the code on bonds.
It May Be Time for a Financial Checkup
It’s never a bad time to speak with your financial advisor about changes in your situation.
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.
What to Do When You Lose Your Wallet
Ever lost your wallet? Frustrating. Here’s what you can do to keep yourself safe.
The Richest Man in Babylon
In good times and bad, consistently saving a percentage of your income is a sound financial practice.