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Shreds & Meds Day Yakima – October 26th

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The next Shreds & Meds event will be Saturday, October 26th from 9am-1pm at the Yakima Chamber of Commerce 10 N 9th St Yakima, WA 98901. Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors is helping to Sponsor the Yakima Shreds and Meds Day. We invite you to participate and safely dispose of statements, old tax…

Health Insurance Open Enrollment Season Begins

It’s the time of the year to review your health insurance coverage for 2025. No matter where you get your insurance – Medicare, the marketplace, or a group plan, you will likely have some decisions to make. MEDICARE Open Enrollment for 2025 Begins October 15th Medicare beneficiaries can make new choices and pick plans that…

Social Security Benefits Increase by 2.5% for 2025

Starting in January 2025, Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) designed to help benefits keep pace with inflation. The adjustment is based on the Consumer Price Index, reflecting changes in the cost of goods and services over the past year. In addition, the maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security…

August is National ‘Make-A-Will’ Month

August is National “Make A Will” month so here are the top 5 reasons to get your Will and other estate planning documents done now. 1. You Decide When you create a Will, you get to decide who gets your assets. You can even specifically exclude people from getting assets. If you pass without a…

Stock Market Concentration

Investors in the S&P 500 Index who think they are getting exposure to a diversified basket of 500 companies are not. Money deployed into the S&P 500 is increasingly a wager on the health of just a few companies – with the fundamental of the other 490 carrying less weight. The outperformance of the largest…

Employee Spotlight: Michelle Zurcher

Michelle Zurcher has been with Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors since July 2017 as our Client Service Manager out of our Yakima office. You can learn some more about Michelle below: What do you love most about your job? What I love most about my job is the opportunity to impact our client’s financial well-being. I…

Presidential Elections and the Market

From 1961 to 2023, a $10,000 initial investment in the S&P 500 would have grown to over $102,000 if invested only when a Republican was in the White House. Conversely, the same investment would have grown to more than $500,000 if invested only during Democratic presidencies. While this might suggest a strategy of investing under…

Congratulations, Chelsie!

Congratulations to Chelsie Smith and her husband, Kelly, on the birth of their son, Wyatt Jaxon Smith! Wyatt was born on April 23, 2024, and is a happy baby boy!

Company News

Shreds & Meds Day – April 26th

Welcome, Ellie!

Welcome, Cullen!

Welcome, Quentin Rickey!

New Statements – Launching 1st Quarter of 2025

Market Commentary

2025 1st Quarter Investment Commentary

Market Update: March 2025

2024 4th Quarter Investment Commentary

2024 3rd Quarter Investment Commentary

Presidential Elections and the Market

Retirement Planning

2024 IRA & HSA Contribution Deadline

Social Security Benefits Increase by 2.5% for 2025

2024 Key Financial Changes

Social Security Benefit Increase of 3.2% for 2024

The 4 Changes from SECURE Act 2.0 You Should Know for 2023

Tax Planning

2024 IRA & HSA Contribution Deadline

Summary of 2025 Key Financial Changes

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and Potential 2026 Tax Changes

Schwab 1099 Release Dates for 2024

2024 Year-End Tax Planning

Cyber Security

Red Flags When Transferring Money

Cybersecurity 101 – 2022 Update

Cybersecurity 101

New Changes to Web-Portal Password Requirements

Equifax Data Breach Update: Make a claim today