Betenbaugh Financial
Welcome to Betenbaugh Financial, a full-service investment company specializing in retirement planning and estate conservation. Feel free to browse my site. You'll find a variety of articles, financial calculators and research reports that I hope will be of interest to you.
As personal financial professional, I can:
Help you clarify and define your goals
Determine your level of risk
Recommend solutions that fit your needs
Deliver timely information
Explain how changing financial conditions affect you
Monitor your financial progress
Make investment planning easier
If you have any questions, please call me at:
530-865-5165 or e-mail me at: paul@betenbaughfinancial.com
I will be happy to help and look forward to talking with you.
Newsletters
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HOT TOPIC: A Cautiously Optimistic Economic Outlook for 2024
The U.S. economy grew in the third quarter of 2023, despite high interest rates and unsettling geopolitical conflict. This article discusses market conditions and economic forecasts for 2024.
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Setting a Retirement Savings Goal
Only 51% of workers or their spouses have tried to estimate the savings they would need to live comfortably in retirement. This article offers a simple worksheet to help calculate a savings target.
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Managing Medicare Out-of-Pocket Costs
This article looks at the two different and mutually exclusive options Medicare beneficiaries have to help control retirement health-care spending: Medigap and Medicare Advantage.
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HOT TOPIC: Rescuing America’s Safety Net
This article looks at the current fiscal outlook for the Social Security and Medicare programs and presents some potential changes that might help to strengthen them.
Calculators
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Impact of Inflation
Estimate the future cost of an item based on today’s prices and the rate of inflation you expect.
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Estate Taxes
Use this calculator to estimate the federal estate taxes that could be due on your estate after you die.
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Savings Accumulation
Estimate the future value of your current savings.
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LTCI Cost of Waiting
Estimate the potential cost of waiting to purchase a long-term care insurance policy.