Insights
The latest from our team
As the largest Fee-Only financial advisor and wealth management firm in Fort Wayne and Northeast Indiana, our team of experts always have a lot of insights, guidance, announcements and observations to share. The best places to stay up to date with everything going on at Galecki are here on our Insights page and our quarterly newsletter, which you can sign up for and browse recent editions of here.
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Maximizing Financial Outcomes in Divorce With Melanie Colwell CDFA®
By The Galecki Financial Management Team Divorce is always difficult, no matter how civil the parties involved behave. Ushering in a drastic change in nearly all aspects of the couple’s lives, few legal matters are as overshadowed by emotion as divorce proceedings....
Keep More in Your Pocket: Why Tax Planning is Your Best Defense Against Overpaying
By The Galecki Financial Management Team You likely wouldn’t willingly give away your money without a good, logical reason; yet that’s precisely what happens when we miss opportunities to optimize our tax savings strategies. Reducing tax liabilities is a powerful way...
Finding Gratitude This Thanksgiving Season
By The Galecki Financial Management Team At Galecki Financial Management, this Thanksgiving season fills us with gratitude for many reasons. While we frequently emphasize the value of financial stability and planning for your future, Thanksgiving invites us to also...
What Is a Fee-Only Financial Advisor & Why Does it Matter?
By The Galecki Financial Management Team If you’ve taken time out of your busy schedule to explore financial advisors, you’ve likely encountered the term “Fee-Only.” Often associated with registered investment advisors, it’s an important factor to think about in your...
Financial Sense: Q4 2023 Newsletter
Galecki Financial Management's Q4 2023 newsletter is here. Read our economic review and outlook, updates regarding equity, bond markets, and portfolio management, as well as some financial planning reminders as we head into the final quarter of 2023.
Who We Are & How We Help
By the Galecki Financial Management Team What comes to mind when you think about your personal finances? Do the words stress, worry, confusion, and overwhelm ring true? If so, you aren’t alone. A recent survey found that as much as 52% of adults in the U.S. attribute...
Financial Sense: Q3 2023 Newsletter
As we turn toward the second half of 2023, our team breaks down what you need to know about the financial markets through Q2.
Don’t “Fake It ‘Til You Make It”
In the 2023 edition of Business Women of Northeast Indiana, Senior Financial Planner and Owner / Principal Melanie Colwell shared her advice on ways in which female professionals can overcome “Imposter Syndrome.”
Key updates to contribution limits and other tax items for 2023
With the 2022 tax season coming to a close, we always like to take this opportunity to highlight any new contribution limits for a variety of retirement and other investment accounts that may be taking effect in the new tax year.
Financial Sense: Q2 2023 Newsletter
Index Returns You have heard the saying that “Stocks climb a wall of worry”. That has certainly been the case so far in the first quarter of 2023. With the Federal Reserve still raising rates, the continuing Russia-Ukraine war, the debt-ceiling concern in Washington,...