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College Planning: Key Financial Considerations

  • June 12, 2025
  • Mike Minter
The investment in higher education represents not only substantial costs but also a complex decision about future career prospects, quality of life, and financial independence.
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  • May 6, 2014
  • Heath Hightower

What’s Your Retirement Number?

A couple of years ago, ING started a great marketing campaign to encourage people to start saving for retirement. The “What’s your retirement number?” slogan was undoubtedly derived from a common question that financial advisors hear from clients every day. …
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  • April 22, 2014
  • Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors

Q1 2014 Newsletter

Our 1st quarter newsletter features articles by the whole team. Q1 2014 Newsletter from Financial Synergies Asset Management, Inc
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  • January 31, 2014
  • Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors

Our 4th Quarter 2013 Newsletter

Q4 2013 Newsletter from Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors, Inc.
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  • October 18, 2013
  • Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors

Our 3rd Quarter 2013 Newsletter

Q3 2013 Newsletter from Financial Synergies Asset Management, Inc
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  • October 15, 2013
  • Bryan Zschiesche

Four Ways You Can Increase Your Life Expectancy

At a recent event, I was introduced to a book called Living to 100. The book explores many of the factors that contribute to longevity and is based on research performed by the New England Centenarian Study. As you probably …
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  • August 19, 2013
  • Bryan Zschiesche

You Think You Have More Time

One of the toughest parts of my job as a financial advisor is experiencing the passing of a long-time client. Comforting a grieving family and helping to guide heirs through the account transfer process that follows is both challenging and …
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  • June 24, 2013
  • Bryan Zschiesche

Social Security & the Marshmallow Test

Beginning in the late 1960’s, a professor at Stanford University began a series of studies on delayed gratification. Pre-school children were given a single marshmallow and then offered a choice: they could eat the marshmallow immediately or they could wait …
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  • June 17, 2013
  • Mike Minter

The Retirement Salary®

The Retirement Salary® is our proprietary retirement income strategy. It is not an annuity or commission-based product. It is designed to provide retirees with a steady, predictable income while allowing the portfolio to continue growing over time. Please view the …
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  • June 10, 2013
  • Mike Minter

Quirky IRA Deductibility Rules

Few would question the merits of using a Traditional IRA as a vehicle for tax-deferred retirement savings. They are very easy to establish, and the investment options are vast. As long as you are under the age of 70 ½ …
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  • May 28, 2013
  • Bryan Zschiesche

Medical Expenses Typically Underestimated in Retirement

While medical expenses should come as no surprise to retirees, the amount of money we anticipate spending on medical care in retirement is often grossly underestimated. Based on a 17-year retirement, a couple who retired last year could expect to …
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  • May 20, 2013
  • Heath Hightower

Breaking Free from the 401(k) Trap

401(k) plans are a great way to save money for retirement, but they don’t always have the best investment options available within the plan. Employees are generally limited to a list of 10 or 12 mutual funds and are unable …
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  • April 19, 2013
  • Marie

View Our 1st Qtr Newsletter

We are pleased to announce the redesign of our Quarterly Newsletter. Click here to view the 1st quarter newsletter, which was published on 4/15/2013. Feedback and comments are welcome.
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4400 Post Oak Pkwy #200
Houston, TX 77027

Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors is a fee-only, fiduciary Financial Advisor in Houston, Texas. We specialize in wealth management services, including comprehensive financial planning and investment management.

For more than thirty years we’ve been serving the financial needs of individuals, families, and businesses in Houston, Texas and around the country.

Wealth Management Services include financial planning, retirement planning, investment management, tax planning, insurance planning, estate planning, and company retirement plans.

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