Why the Mega Backdoor Roth 401 (K)’s Mega Features & Benefits Appeal to Tech Professionals
November 10, 2023
The Roth IRA is a powerful retirement tool that allows investors to create a tax-free stream of income. It’s become such a part of our everyday language that it’s listed in…
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What To Do With Your Vested RSUs And Stock Options
August 11, 2023
One of our favorite things about being financial advisors is that we get a real insight into how people think about money from seeing what they do with theirs. Between learning…
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How To Avoid A Tax Surprise With An RSU Tax Strategy
August 11, 2023
Getting Your RSU Ducks in A Row The majority of our clients at companies like Amazon, Apple, Meta, Nike, Starbucks, Oracle and others are granted Restricted Stock Units (RSU’s) as…
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Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) versus Restricted Stock
June 20, 2023
One of the first questions we ask our tech professional clients (at WestStar we call them ‘Aviators’) is ‘what does your idea of a prosperous life look like?’ We often find the…
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How to Achieve Your Dream Retirement
June 12, 2023
Some journeys are more important than others. Managing your journey towards retirement is one of these. That’s because everybody wants the rewards that their long years of hard…
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Don’t Let These 6 Assumptions Destroy Your Retirement Dreams
June 11, 2023
Most Americans work really hard while they dream of the day they can finally retire. But preparing for retirement requires much more than a dream ─ it requires a plan. At…
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How Optimizing Your RSUs will make a BIG difference to your success
June 10, 2023
Restricted stock units are a popular form of compensation for many professionals in tech and other high-growth sectors in WestStar’s neighborhood. In some cases, the RSU portion…
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7 Employee Stock Purchase Plan Questions to Answer
Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPP)
June 9, 2023
At WestStar Prosperity Partners, we’ve helped our tech executive and professional clients (we call them ‘Aviators’) make the most of their equity compensation for years, giving…
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How Financial Planning turns Your Life into a Confident Journey
June 8, 2023
Most people aren’t as money savvy as they’d like to be, and sometimes the idea of professional financial planning not only comes across as challenging, but as daunting.
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The 6 Essential Steps to Financial Security
June 7, 2023
When people come to us for financial planning advice, we find that no matter where they are along their journey, they share a common desire for prosperity. After all, prosperity…
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How to Find Your Ideal Advisor Match
June 5, 2023
Everybody’s financial situation and financial goals are as unique as they are. One person’s dreams of what they hope to achieve in their lives are very different from the next…
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Understanding Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Taxes
June 5, 2023
Restricted stock units (RSUs) are a common form of stock-based compensation granted to many professionals in tech and other fast-growth sectors. RSUs give professionals in places…
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How to Incorporate RSUs into Your Investment Strategy
June 4, 2023
The philosophy that drives stock-based compensation is one in which key executives and employees benefit from the potential success of their company. It follows that they’ll want…
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Understanding Restricted Stock Units Vesting, Payouts, and Tax Implications
June 3, 2023
Employees have a major impact on most business’s success, and many businesses strive to align the interests of their high-flying employees with those of their shareholders.…
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