Planning tools
Work through the numbers before anyone talks to you about a product
Free calculators and checklists you can use without giving up your email address. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent, and nothing here quotes you a price or a rate. The point is to get you to a clearer set of questions.
These tools are educational. They are built to help you ask better questions, and they do not replace a personal review with Anthony.
Start here
Retirement planning
Start here. These work through the questions that come before any product conversation: what income you will have, what it has to cover, and how long your savings need to last.
Nearer-term planning
Funeral and final expense planning
Practical planning for the costs a family faces after a death, and for the paperwork and decisions that are easier to sort out ahead of time.
Once the plan is clear
Annuity education
Plain-English background for people who have already worked through their retirement income picture. An annuity may be one tool inside a broader plan. These pages explain the tradeoffs, they do not recommend a product.
About these tools
- Are these tools free?
- Yes. Every calculator and checklist on this page is free to use, with no signup, no email required, and no payment.
- Do you store what I type in?
- No. The calculators and checklists run entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is saved or transmitted, and closing the page discards it. Information only reaches Anthony if you choose to fill out and submit a form.
- Will these tools quote me a price or a rate?
- No. None of these tools quote a product price, a premium, an interest rate, or a payout amount. Figures specific to a product come from the issuing company in writing after a personal review, not from a website.
- Where should I start?
- Most people should start with the retirement planning tools, because they answer the questions that come before any product decision: what income you will have, what it needs to cover, and how long your savings need to last. The funeral and final expense tools are the place to start if there is a nearer-term need.
A calculator cannot answer the part that actually matters
These 9 tools will get you to better questions. Which order to draw from your accounts, when to file for Social Security, what to do about healthcare and taxes: that takes a conversation. Anthony will have it with you directly, at no cost.