What you will find in this issue:
  • End of Year Checklist from Dave Dickens
  • "Entrepreneurs: Grab these last-minute tax breaks while you still can" from Dave Cox
  • Weekly Update: Markets went for a wild ride last week!
  • Newsworthy Shares this week
  • January Topics are here!
  • Local Highlight: Honor Campaign 'Golfing for Heroes'
  • Weekly Quote, Tip, Riddle and Recipe (Red Wine Hot Chocolate)
Financial Talk w/Dave Dickens & Dave Cox

Everyone likes a healthy bank account. Learn the value of keeping a little cash on hand. Guard yourself against financial media and start preparing your end of the year checklist.

And if you don't have time to listen to the entire podcast, the year-end check list discussion begins at minute 27:00.


Dave Cox shares this article with you this week, Entrepreneurs: Grab these last-minute tax breaks while you still can.

  • Small business owners: Get ready to pay taxes on Jan. 15.
  • This year, save up to $54,000 in a retirement plan.

If you're an entrepreneur, you're running out of time to reduce your 2017 tax bill.

That means it's time to whip out your receipts, review any upcoming payments and fund your retirement plans. - CNBC

December 4th Weekly Financial News
This week's headlines ...
  • Consumers act on their confidence
  • Two very positive housing signals
  • Manufacturing sector maintains a hectic pace
  • More ups than downs on Wall Street
Newsworthy Shares ...
Will I ever be able to retire like my Grandma?

When I visited my Grandma last winter in Florida, I got a taste of what retirement life is like. Her day-to-day sounds relaxing, but the woman rarely sits still. She's going on an Alaskan cruise and road tripping to Nashville this year.

But I'm not so sure this is the kind of life I can expect in retirement, too.

9 secret spots in Kansas City that will make you feel like a local

THE WORD IS OUT that Kansas City’s food, music, and beauty rival those of any other city in the nation. As KC increasingly draws in bigger crowds, it feels even sweeter to find those hidden places that aren’t the same hotspots everyone else knows about — places off the beaten path that offer up something a little different and make you feel at home, whether you’re a local or not.

Kansas City has many such spots, and even those whose names are growing still maintain their sense of adventure. Here are nine places that will draw you in — and make you not only feel like a local, but maybe wish you were one, too.


January Topics Are Here ...
And so are the Wine Downs!

Place: KC Financial Advisors office in Corporate Woods. 

Monday, January 8th
w/David Cox
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Enjoy the Rally, But Prepare for the Retreat.
Will the current bull market run for another year? 


Monday, January 22nd
w/David Dickens
5:30 - 6:30 PM
2018 Financial To Do List
Things you can do for your future as the year unfolds.

Local Highlight: Honor Campaign
First Annual Golfing for Heroes
Shelly Higginbotham from the Honor Campaign shares this with us!

"Come join the FUN at Honor Campaign's 1st Annual Golfing for Heroes Tournament. We invite you to compete with teams of First Responders.

This fun filled evening will include three tournament games...Top Scramble, Top Golf, and Top Contender. Each games 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive trophies. You will also enjoy a delicious, "All-American" menu with unlimited, alcohol free beverages.

Some of our special guests include Chief Zeigler with his team from the KCKPD, and Sheriff Hayden with his team from the JOCO Sheriff's Office, to name just a few.

You don't have to be a golfer to come have fun and show your support for our Heroes.

The proceeds from this event will provide funds for  Tributestone  Storytelling Monuments to be placed for our First Responders killed in the line of duty. 

If you are unable to make the event or don't like golf, please consider sponsoring a Living Hero. Your gift will help pay for our HEROES tournament fee!!"
Weekly Quote, Tip, Riddle & Recipe
 
WEEKLY QUOTE -  “My father used to say, ‘Let them see you and not the suit.’”
- Cary Grant

WEEKLY TIP -  Did you just get a great business idea? If you have a product or service offering that you sense your customers will find irresistible, perhaps they could help you finance it. Consider presenting it through a subscription model or have customers pay for the goods or services in advance. 

WEEKLY RIDDLE -  What round, white container hides a tasty delight within it and requires no keys to open?  
       
Last week’s riddle:
Tom figures out that an old grandfather clock is one minute fast every hour. How can Tom manipulate the clock to tell the correct time twice a day, while keeping it running at the same pace? 
    
Last week’s answer:
By making it run backwards.


WEEKLY RECIPE -  KC Wine Co. in Olathe keeps posting photos of their Hot Chocolate Cherry Wine that hit the tasting room last Friday.

This inspired me to find a recipe for this ... or you could just let the professionals do their thing and visit KC Wine Co.


Do you have a friend or colleague that could benefit from KC Financial Advisors services? 
 
If you know someone who:

  • Would like a second opinion.
  • Doesn't have an income plan.
  • Recent job change - Needs help rolling over 401K
  • Organizing your orphaned 401K's.
  • Is recently widowed or divorced.
  • Still has the same portfolio they did in 2008, but are hoping to find a different result this time.
  • Is looking to reduce their taxes.

Please provide us their contact information or give them our name.

We truly appreciate the opportunity to serve you & those who are important to you! 
Office Information
KC Financial Advisors
Located in Corporate Woods
10975 Grandview Dr. , Ste. 190, 
Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 317-1414
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