by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Feb 16, 2018 | Community Involvement, News
When I was a little girl, I loved school. I own it: I was a geek. I loved learning, I loved being the first one to raise my hand, I loved writing papers…I even loved taking tests. One of my favorite things was going school supply shopping with...
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Feb 6, 2018 | Financial Planning, News
According to the latest data reported by CNBC, 57 million Americans have zero emergency savings. This equates to 24% of all adults, but, more disturbingly, a full 32% of young “Boomer” adults ages 53 to 62. This age group, nearing retirement and most in...
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Jan 9, 2018 | News
A professional advisor, after listening to your goals and dreams, can build a plan and use a retirement income calculator to come up with “your number”. “Your number” is that amount of financial assets needed to fund the retirement that you...
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Dec 28, 2017 | Community Involvement, News
Myiah, my “Lil’ Sister” through Big Brothers/Big Sisters, brought me so much joy when I celebrated Christmas (which was also her 9th birthday!) with her this week. Circa ’21 is a gem in our Quad-Cities community: a dinner/theater showplace...
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Dec 18, 2017 | Financial Planning, News
Throw out the mindset that retirement is an arbitrary age like 62 or 65. Instead, retirement should be the point at which you reach a certain level of financial security that will sustain you throughout your retirement years. Financial security means a lot of...
by Heid Huiskamp Collins | Dec 4, 2017 | Community Involvement, News
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School is a small Pre-K through 8th grade elementary school in Bettendorf, Iowa. It makes me smile to begin every week by volunteering there on Monday mornings. I first help in Mrs. Driscoll’s 6th grade math class. I love working...
