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Hale & Morrow

Quiet advice for consequential money decisions.

One

Listen first

We begin with what you want your money to make possible, not a product.

Two

Write it down

A plain written plan you can read in one sitting and revisit every year.

Three

Stay close

Reviews when life changes, not only when markets do.

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The kinds of situations we're asked to help with.

I.

The founder selling her firm

Sequenced the sale, the tax year and the next chapter so nothing was decided in a hurry.

II.

Two doctors, one plan

Retirement, college funds and a practice buy-in reconciled into a single calendar.

III.

A family after a loss

Accounts organized, decisions paused, and time made for grief before any changes.

“A financial plan is not a forecast. It is a set of decisions you can live with in any weather.”

That is the principle the practice was built on. We plan for the life you want, then stress-test it against the years that do not go to plan, so the hard moments arrive with a decision already made.

Our planning principle
The practice

Planning, in
five parts.

01

Retirement income

When you can stop, how much you can spend, and which accounts to draw from first.

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02

Investment management

Diversified, low-cost portfolios built around the plan rather than the headlines.

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03

Tax-aware planning

Timing, account location and charitable giving, coordinated with your accountant.

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04

Business owners

Turning a company into a retirement: succession, sale preparation and owner pay.

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05

Family and legacy

Gifting, education funding and the conversations heirs should hear early.

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How we begin

Slowly, and
in writing.

The first months are about understanding, not selling. You will have a written plan before any money moves.

01

An introductory letter

We start with your questions, in writing, so the first meeting is spent on what matters to you.

02

Discovery conversations

Two unhurried meetings about goals, worries and the numbers behind them.

03

The written plan

A clear document: where you stand, what we recommend and what each choice costs you.

04

Ongoing stewardship

Regular reviews, a yearly letter, and a direct line to the same planner each time.

Long horizons

Patient capital,
patient counsel.

Markets will be noisy. The plan should not be. We change course when your life changes, not when the news does.

Where clients are in life

Common chapters.

Illustrative situations clients bring to us. No two plans end up the same.

Approaching retirement

Five years out, and unsure.

Savings are solid, but the order of withdrawals, pensions and benefits feels like a puzzle.

We map income year by year and show what happens if markets disappoint.

Selling a business

A life’s work becomes a lump sum.

The sale is coming, and the owner wants the proceeds to last generations, not years.

We plan the tax, the timing and the portfolio before the deal closes.

Sudden change

An inheritance, or a loss.

Money has arrived with grief or responsibility attached, and decisions feel urgent.

We slow things down, protect the essentials and plan once the dust settles.

From the letter

Recent
writing.

Essay

The quiet cost of keeping too much in cash

Retirement

The first five years of retirement matter most

Markets

What a bad year actually does to a good plan

Questions

Before the
first letter.

What prospective clients ask most.

How are you paid?

Through transparent planning and advisory fees, agreed in writing before we begin. We do not earn commissions on products.

Do I need a certain amount to work with you?

We are most useful to families and business owners with meaningful decisions ahead. The first conversation will tell us both whether we fit.

Will I always speak with the same planner?

Yes. Continuity is the point; the person who writes your plan is the person who reviews it.

Do you work with my accountant and attorney?

Gladly. The best plans are coordinated, and we will share what they need with your permission.

Begin with
a letter.

Write to us about what you are planning for. We reply personally, not with a brochure.

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Fountain pen resting on a notebook
Correspondence

Write to us as you would a trusted advisor.

A short note is enough. We reply personally to arrange a first conversation.

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