Building Your Wealth Bridge
If your CPA, attorney, advisor, and insurance professional aren’t talking to each other, you don’t have a plan. You have a collection of opinions.
We fix that, and here's why:
💬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 We 𝐎𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲
“My advisor never talks about taxes, estate planning, or insurance.”
“I’m worried my kids won’t be able to handle this wealth.”
“My advisor doesn’t coordinate with my accountant or attorney.”
“We only discuss investments, but never my business or bigger goals.”
🔍 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦
Each statement reflects a service gap that leaves affluent families exposed.
The more wealth you have, the more you need advanced tax strategies, creative estate planning, and protective measures (insurance, cybersecurity) that work together, not in silos.
🌉 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤-𝐁𝐲-𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬™
Since 1980, McCabe & Associates, Inc. has studied the specific needs of 500+ wealthy families and developed a coordinated framework we call the Plank-by-Plank Process™.
This approach blends technology, experience, and collaboration to give families one clear benefit:
➡️ Confidence that McCabe can be their first phone call on any financial matter.
We help families simplify complex decisions so they can focus on what truly matters: their legacy and financial security. Our experience across 500+ families has shown that coordinated planning adds measurable confidence and clarity at every stage.
➡️ 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴?
If you’re a widow, business owner, or multi-generational family seeking coordinated planning, visit our website at tcmccabe.com.
McCabe & Associates, Inc
9480 Enterprise Dr., Suite 1
Mokena, Illinois 60448-8690
708-479-7755
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Building Your Wealth Bridge
Markets During Elections & Gifting Strategies
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In episode 2 of the “Building Your Wealth Bridge” podcast, the team continues their conversational format with a timely discussion on two themes showing up often in client conversations: investing during an election year and gifting strategies for family support. George C. McCabe, CPA, Financial Advisor, is joined by colleagues William E. Will, CFA, Financial Advisor and Zachary B. Morgan, CFA, CFP®, Financial Advisor, to share historical context and practical planning insights.
The team engages in a detailed discussion on the following topics:
• Election Years & Market Reality: A look at long-term market history across different administrations—and why investment decisions shouldn’t hinge on political outcomes.
• Volatility, Investor Behavior, and Cash: How uncertainty can drive investors into money markets, why market timing is difficult, and what shifting rate expectations could mean for portfolios.
• Diversification Over Time: Why time horizon matters, how stocks and bonds behave differently, and how a diversified approach can reduce the “range of outcomes.”
• Gifting & Estate Planning Basics: Annual gifting rules, when gift tax returns apply, strategies for helping children (including home purchases and intrafamily loans), and why potential 2026 exemption changes are on some families’ radar.
As always, please send our team any questions or topics you’d like us to cover in the future.
We hope this finds you well.
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