Understanding Today's Financial Environment
Welcome, we are Dorion-Gray Retirement Planning, Inc., a financial organization located in Crystal Lake with a convenient meeting locations available in Warrenville. We understand that individuals face unique challenges as they build wealth and plan for the future. We can help take the mystery out of preparing for today and tomorrow. Whether your goal is preparing for retirement, saving for college, or managing your estate, our personalized service focuses on your needs, wants, and financial goals and objectives.
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What Is a 1035 Exchange?
1035 exchanges provide a way to trade-in an annuity contract or life insurance policy without triggering a tax liability.
Donating Art: Taxation Abstraction
The tax rules that govern donating art are complex and confusing. Take a closer look.
Password Protection Strategies
Simple steps may help you foil hackers and protect your privacy.
TIPS for Inflation
If you are concerned about inflation and expect short-term interest rates may increase, TIPS could be worth considering.
The Anatomy of a Supplemental Health Plan
Here’s a guide to explain all the parts of Medicare.
Stop Wasting Money
One way to find money is to examine your current spending habits and eliminate money wasters.
When Does Your Personal Car Become a Commercial Vehicle?
At what point can you call a personal vehicle commercial?
How Income Taxes Work
A quick look at how federal income taxes work.
Countering Counterfeit Currency
Combating counterfeiting remains core to preserving the integrity of the nation’s money.
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Comparing Investments
This calculator compares the net gain of a taxable investment versus a tax-favored one.
Estimate Your RMD
Help determine the required minimum distribution from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan.
Should I Pay Off Debt or Invest?
This calculator will help determine whether you should invest funds or pay down debt.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
Assess Your Life Insurance Needs
This calculator estimates how much life insurance you would need to meet your family's needs if you were to die prematurely.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
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Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Keys to Investing for Retirement
There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Retirement Plan Distributions
There are a number of ways to withdraw money from a qualified retirement plan.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
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Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate
Social Security: By the Numbers
Here are five facts about Social Security that might surprise you.
What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?
$1 million in a diversified portfolio could help finance part of your retirement.
Inflation and Your Portfolio
Even low inflation rates can pose a threat to investment returns.
A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List
That big list of dreams and goals isn't the only way to look at your bucket list.