About The Wealth Channel

Serving the needs of professionals, The Wealth Channel® is the nation's definitive online source of insight and knowledge into the creation of financial security through the growth, protection and distribution of savings and investments. This magazine, published by The American College, is an extension of that knowledge.

 

Issue: Winter | 2009


Featured Articles

 
If You Like Annuities, You'll Love a MEC!
Jerry Borrowman, MSFS, CLU®, ChFC®, CAP®, LUTCF


Many agents seem to believe that early funding of a life policy that is classified as a Modified Endowment Contract (MEC) is always bad for the client. After all....

 
Counting on Change: Financial Planning Strategies for the Next Ten Years.
Craig Lemoine, CFP® & Kirk Okumura


Financial Planners are not in the business of predicting the future. They practice in a world of uncertainty.....

 
Retirement Planning Ideas: A Better Mousetrap
Kenn Beam Tacchino, JD, LLM


For centuries, academics and professionals have strived to enhance the knowledge of their discipline. They have created and then reinvented ...

Other Articles
The Final Countdown: What Will Happen to the Estate Tax?
Sarah Spear, JD, LLM


Nearly thirty bills have been introduced in the 111th Congress to repeal or revise the estate and gift taxes, but no real effort has been made to move such legislation through either the House or Senate taxwriting committees. This is because the legislative agendas have been dominated by health care and, additionally,....

 

Keeping PACE: The Power of Meaningful Continuing Education
Keith Hickerson, MSM

 

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