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Helpful Content

Inflation & Your Money

Inflation & Your Money

It's important to understand how inflation is reported and how it can affect investments.

Critical Estate Documents

Critical Estate Documents

Sound estate management includes creating financial and healthcare documents. Here's an inside look.

Why You Need an Estate Strategy

Why You Need an Estate Strategy

Do you have an estate strategy? You should.

Why You Need an Estate Strategy

Do you have an estate strategy? You should.

Six Most Overlooked Tax Deductions

Six overlooked tax deductions to help manage your tax bill.

Mastering Mobile Lingo

Can you keep up with your children’s mobile slang?

When Heirs are Imperfect

The money problems or bad lifestyle habits of adult children could lead to the squandering of any inheritance they receive.

Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date

Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."

Problems with Probate

Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.

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Potential Income from an IRA

Estimate your monthly and annual income from various IRA types.

Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings

Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.

Bi-Weekly Payments

This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.

Comparing Mortgage Terms

Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.

Federal Income Tax

Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.

Long-Term-Care Needs

Determine your potential long-term care needs and how long your current assets might last.

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5 Smart Investing Strategies

There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives

Retirement Plan Distributions

There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.

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The Cycle of Investing

Understanding the cycle of investing may help you avoid easy pitfalls.

A Bucket Plan to Go with Your Bucket List

A bucket plan can help you be better prepared for a comfortable retirement.

The Junk Drawer Approach to Investing

It's easy to let investments accumulate like old receipts in a junk drawer.

It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

All about how missing the best market days (or the worst!) might affect your portfolio.

The Rule of 72

Do you know how long it may take for your investments to double in value? The Rule of 72 is a quick way to figure it out.

An Arm and a Leg

A visit to the hospital can be painful, for both your body and your wallet. Don’t let it be more painful than it has to be.

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Articles

Why You Need an Estate Strategy

Do you have an estate strategy? You should.

Six Most Overlooked Tax Deductions

Six overlooked tax deductions to help manage your tax bill.

Mastering Mobile Lingo

Can you keep up with your children’s mobile slang?

When Heirs are Imperfect

The money problems or bad lifestyle habits of adult children could lead to the squandering of any inheritance they receive.

Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date

Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."

Problems with Probate

Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.

View all articles

Calculators

Potential Income from an IRA

Estimate your monthly and annual income from various IRA types.

Taxable vs. Tax-Deferred Savings

Use this calculator to compare the future value of investments with different tax consequences.

Bi-Weekly Payments

This calculator estimates the savings from paying a mortgage bi-weekly instead of monthly.

Comparing Mortgage Terms

Estimate the total cost in today's dollars of various mortgage alternatives.

Federal Income Tax

Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.

Long-Term-Care Needs

Determine your potential long-term care needs and how long your current assets might last.

View all calculators

Presentations

5 Smart Investing Strategies

There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives

Retirement Plan Distributions

There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.

View all presentations

Videos

The Cycle of Investing

Understanding the cycle of investing may help you avoid easy pitfalls.

A Bucket Plan to Go with Your Bucket List

A bucket plan can help you be better prepared for a comfortable retirement.

The Junk Drawer Approach to Investing

It's easy to let investments accumulate like old receipts in a junk drawer.

It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

All about how missing the best market days (or the worst!) might affect your portfolio.

The Rule of 72

Do you know how long it may take for your investments to double in value? The Rule of 72 is a quick way to figure it out.

An Arm and a Leg

A visit to the hospital can be painful, for both your body and your wallet. Don’t let it be more painful than it has to be.

View all videos

Featured Team Member

Travis Hughes, CFP, AIF, ChFC, CLU, AEP, MSFS, REBC, RHU

Travis has been providing financial services, estate planning (using life insurance and other financial products), business planning and investment and insurance products to clients throughout Texas and New Mexico for twenty years. He...

Kevin O'Neill

Kevin graduated from Texas Tech University in 1995 and moved to NYC shortly thereafter. He began his investment advisory career in 1996 as a stockbroker for Millennium Securities in New York City. In spite of a dynamic start at...

Cristina Garay

Cristina received her degree in business administration from UTEP in 1999. After enjoying a couple of years at home with her babies, she began her career with Hughes Financial Group 2001. She has worked in several capacities in the...

Jazmin Grau

Jazmin joined Hughes Financial in the spring of 2015. In her short time at Hughes Financial, she has asserted herself as a valuable asset to the group. She is currently responsible for the processing of all new business and assisting...

Monica Porras

Monica greets every person that walks in to Hughes Financial. Her warm and gracious nature welcomes our clients and friends. Monica is vital to the process of ensuring that all marketing material is compliant for seminars and events....

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