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Small business owners have various options for retirement savings. Those options can sometimes be challenging to navigate or leave you with unanswered questions. When is the right time to start a 401(k) plan? Should you stick to SEP IRAs?  Is your business ready for a more structured and sophisticated retirement plan?  Here is how to tell which option is right...

Your 401(k) is an excellent tool that provides you with an enormous opportunity to save for retirement. But like any tool, you only get the maximum benefit if you use it to its full potential. Are you making the most of yours? Here are five powerful strategies to help bolster your 401k. 1. Max Your Company Match Let’s start simple—if...

Mutual funds and ETFs provide diversification at a low cost—essential to a long-term investment plan. How can these investments impact you?...

This month’s Financial Planning “Todd Talk” continued with its virtual theme, via Zoom. Our topic was geared towards next month’s presidential election as Todd, joined by Whisman Giordano & Associates President, and Managing Partner, Joseph Giordano, CPA, CGMA, and Director/Tax Department Chair, Lisa DeRose, CPA, CGMA, came together to discuss some of the potential tax implications in the year 2021...

This month our Financial Planning “Todd Talk” went virtual, via Zoom, for the first time ever. As we are all navigating the changes brought upon us from COVID-19 we had a chance to focus on most people’s largest asset in retirement, their 401k. This month’s topic was geared towards 401k plan sponsors (employers) and what they should be doing to...

We are in the midst of unrivaled fear and uncertainty. We don’t know when the market is going to recover, what the future of the economy will be like, how healthcare will handle the increased capacity, and when there will be a cure for COVID-19. These times are not normal, and it’s okay to feel overwhelmed or anxious about what...

Blue Rock Financial Group hosted the December Todd Talk on December 13th at the Wheelhouse Restaurant in Lewes, DE. December’s topic was “Charitable Giving.” We were joined by Special Guest, Tom Protack, Vice President of Development of Beebe Medical Foundation and Diane Barlow, Gift Planning Officer at Beebe Medical Foundation. During this event, we talked about how closely tax planning...

Blue Rock Financial Group donated various gifts to this year’s Motorcycle Santa event. Motorcycle Santa is a non-profit organization that gifts essential items to the Ronald McDonald House of Delaware and the Children’s Hospital. Motorcycle Santa is unique. They’re not just a gift-giving organization but an experience to get the community involved to serve those in need. Motorcycle Santa dresses...

Todd and James attended an Advanced Financial Planning Training Session for Expert Users at the eMoney headquarters in Radnor Pennsylvania on Wednesday, June 26. The day long seminar was led by the top 4 trainers at eMoney and provided insight on how to better utilize the financial planning software for clients. There were many ideas discussed and they are looking...

The 2019 Delaware Mud Run Jr. took place on June 6th at Frightland and the original Delaware Mud Run, was held 2 days later on Saturday, June 8th. Blue Rock is a proud sponsor of this event; in fact, Todd is the co-founder of the Delaware Mud Run which began in 2009. The Delaware Mud Run is a 5K race...