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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How Long Will My Savings Last If I Become Disabled?
See how long your current savings might last if a disability interrupted your income.
Navigating Retirement Pitfalls
Why are they made again and again? Making sense of these errors in judgment.
Rollover Unused 529 Funds to a Roth IRA
The SECURE Act 2.0 created a provision that allows unused funds from a 529 college savings account to rollover to a Roth IRA.
Can I Create a Roth if I’m Over the Income Limit?
Use this article to start conversations about the “backdoor” Roth IRA strategy.
Preserving the Value of Your Retirement Plan
Learn how to combat economic uncertainty, market volatility, and rising costs when shaping your retirement plan.
Legacy Planning in Retirement: Passing Down Financial Values
Use stories, gifting, and simple money habits to help your family inherit confidence, not just wealth, in retirement
Critical Estate Documents
Sound estate management includes creating financial and healthcare documents. Here's an inside look.
A Primer on Dividends
A company's profits can be reinvested or paid out to the company’s shareholders as “dividends."
Gun Ownership and Your Homeowners Policy
Gun owners need to make sure that their homeowners policy covers the full value of their firearm(s) as personal liability.
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Social Security Tax Estimator
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be subject to federal income tax.
What Is My Net Worth?
Get a snapshot of your overall financial picture by calculating your total net worth.
Student Loan Refinance Calculator
Compare your current student loan terms to a potential refinance to see if it makes sense.
Credit Card Payoff
Find out how long it may take to pay off a credit card balance and what it costs in interest.
How Long Will Your Money Last?
See how long a lump sum of savings could last based on your withdrawal rate and return.
Emergency Fund Calculator
Find out how large your emergency fund should be based on your monthly expenses.
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RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?
The Real Cost of a Vacation Home
What if instead of buying that vacation home, you invested the money?
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Your DNA Test
A Detailed Needs Analysis (DNA) can be a simple way to care for loved ones, no matter what the future may hold.
A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List
Bucket lists don’t have to be for tomorrow.
To Buy or Not to Buy
The decision whether to buy or rent a home may have long-term implications.