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Financial Planning

Financial goals will vary from person to person and will change over the course of an individual's lifetime. However, examples of specific financial goals might include accumulating assets (investing); protecting physical property and assets from loss or financial assets against financial losses arising from premature death, illness or injury, and liability (insurance); minimizing income taxes, and maximizing distributions to beneficiaries upon death (tax, retirement, and estate planning). Analyzing various goals in combination with each another can help individuals better plan how and when to engage in today's activities. These activities could involve the best way to borrow money; use credit cards; invest for college, retirement and other goals; reduce income taxes; reduce liability exposure; or buy an automobile or a house.

At Pace Financial Services, we specialize in comprehensive, personal, financial planning - that is, analyzing a client's entire financial situation. We use the financial planning process to help determine the best ways to meet your goals. In the process, we provide a personalized assessment of needs to create comprehensive plans or area-specific projects.

For clients' with mutliple goals in different financial planning areas, we will design a plan that looks at all these areas, including budgeting and savings, taxes, investments, insurance, and retirement planning. Alternatively, we may work with clients on a single financial issue but within the context of his or her overall financial situation. It is this big picture approach to financial planning that makes us different from many other financial service companies.

Some of the specific financial planning areas we work with clients on include:

The steps we take in the Financial Planning Process to achieve client objectives include:

  • Define client goals and objectives: short-term (less than 1 year); mid-term (1-5 years); and long-term (5+ years). Goals should be defined as specifically as possible and should be ranked according to priority.
  • Analyze the client's current personal and financial situation
  • Analyze available choices and constraints
  • Develop methods and procedures to help achieve those goals
  • Recommend strategies to meet obtainable goals, emphasizing those with the highest priorities
  • Periodically review and/or revise the plan depending on client's personal and/or financial circumstances.


David Alan Pace, CFP, CFA, EA, Pace Financial Services

This document is for information purposes only. No part of this report may be reproduced in any manner without the permission of Pace Financial Services. The views and opinions expressed in this report are not intended to serve as specific investment or financial planning advice or recommendations, and individuals should discuss their specific financial goals and available options with a professional advisor.