OUR SERVICES


John at Desk


As a full-service financial planning company, BFA, Inc. provides objective advice and competitively priced services in the following areas:

 

Investment Management

  • Risk tolerance testing
  • Asset allocation study
  • Portfolio management on a fee-only basis
  • Managed Futures*
  • Individual stocks and bonds*
  • EE & HH Savings bonds
  • Real estate limited partnerships and REITS*

 *Securities offered through Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.

 

Risk Management

  • Medicare/Medicaid planning  
  • Disability income insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Long-term-care & Nursing Home insurance
  • Personal and Business liability (umbrella) coverage
  • Health insurance
  • Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)

 

Retirement Planning

  • Retirement cash flow study
  • Social Security benefit estimates
  • IRA and IRA rollovers
  • Pension plans
  • 401(k) plans
  • Simplified Employee Pensions (SEP)

 

Estate Planning

  • Simple wills and Guardianship of children
  • Living wills, right-to-die and medical directives
  • Estate tax analysis and calculations
  • Use of Trusts to reduce estate and inheritance taxes
  • Power-of-attorney
  • Last-to-die (survivorship) life insurance
  • Irrevocable life insurance trusts

 

Financial Planning Services

  • Mortgage refinance analysis
  • Cash flow and budgeting
  • Credit card and consumer spending counseling
  • Analysis of corporate downsizing severance packages
  • Coordination of attorney, CPA or tax consultants to form an effective professional service network
  • Ongoing monitoring of client's financial strategy and implementation of financial plan

 

Community Outreach

  • High School Investment Club program
  • American Cancer Society support and speaker programs
  • PreCana Speaker on "The Financial Planning of Marriage"