Tag: business insights
Exit Planning Strategies: Exploring ESOPs
Business ownership exit planning strategies continues to be an active conversation between our Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust commercial bankers and clients. A prevalent...
Maximizing Your Impact: Strategies for Tax-Efficient Charitable Giving
The giving season is underway, and as the end of the year approaches, many readers will be supporting local charities. For many readers, charitable...
Is grad school worth it? The return on higher education
We are in a world of change, in both our personal lives and in the evolving job market. With the change in external forces,...
Calculations and Communications: The importance of storytelling in the financial sector
They say it’s all about the numbers, and in 2023 they did dominate headlines. Interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, inflation on the...
2024: A Year of Continued Growth? Or a Return of Worry?
As 2023 draws to a close, let’s review the stock and bond markets’ performance and the economic factors that will shape them in 2024....
The Value of Healthy Vision Is More Than Meets the Eye
At Delta Dental of Iowa, we believe employers have a unique opportunity to invest in their employees’ wellness and productivity by providing access to...
Spring Cleaning: Dust off your Estate Plan Documents
An estate plan is a series of documents that outlines how you want your affairs managed when you are no longer able to do...