A sounds financial "foundation" starts with cash and debt management, savings for education/college, planning for retirement, and managing the insurance coverage for survivors. 

Beyond the Foundation (1), financial planning can get more complex to include Insurance and Employer Planning (2), Investment Planning (3), Tax Planning (4), Retirement Planning (5), Estate Planning (6), and the development and monitoring of a Financial Action Plan (7).

Bringing all the pieces of your financial life together is challenging and will not happen by accident. In fact, getting all the pieces of your Total Financial Picture™ in order requires commitment, consolidation, and simplification. By using a defined process, we can benchmark your current financial reality to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities and develop a personalized comprehensive strategy toward the goal of financial security.