Triangle times

Welcome to 2021! We are still working hard to keep up with Covid safe standards and you all are staying healthy and safe during these uncertain We are here for you, working hard for your finances and doing our best to stay healthy. We hope you enjoy our updates! Look for our quarterly Triangle Times in the future. Want to stay in the loop more often? Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn or Website to find current updated resources and stories.

Triangle’s Action Plan for COVID-19

With the outbreak becoming more manageable, our Triangle team is taking safety precautions to adjust to the new normal. One of our team members will be in the office from 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday. While we are in office, we are taking safety precautions such as washing our hands and using hand sanitizer, wearing masks, and using a plexiglass window at our front desk. We ask that you stay home if you are ill or symptomatic; we are more than happy to have your meeting over the phone, or to reschedule your meeting for when you are feeling better. We are mainly offering virtual meetings, but do offer a limited number of socially distanced, in person meetings to help keep up our staff and clients safe.

Triangle’s Plan of Action:

  • We have at least one staff member in office Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4 pm.
  • All appointments with Kendra & Lindsey are now virtual preferred. We have limited availability to meet in person.
  • Our staff members are keeping their hands washed, wearing masks, and are continuously doing their part to keep their workstations and the office clean.
  • If you have something you’d like to drop off to our office, please give us a call to schedule an appointment.

As always, please look for emails, follow us on Facebook and check our website to stay posted on what we are doing. We wish you wellness, and we are here for you.

Triangle Happenings

The Peaceful Planner

Kendra sat down with our client resource management website, Redtail to interview as one of their advisor hero’s. Here, Kendra talks about where she started out at, and follows her courageous journey along the way.

https://corporate.redtailtechnology.com/redtail-advisor-hero-kendra-erkamaa

2020: A Story of Plans Re-Written

As 2020 closes on one of the most transformative years for our country, can we agree that not much as gone as any of us planned? For just about everyone, life and any intentions we may have had for the year to this point have been altered in one way or another.

https://www.trianglefsinc.com/2020-a-story-of-plans-re-written/

SECURE Act

The required age for taking your RMD has changed! This article covers the SECURE Act, which explains the new Required Minimum Distribution guidelines.

https://www.trianglefsinc.com/the-secure-act/

Triangle Updates

Calendly

We have upped our online booking system to Calendly.com! Here, you will be able to easily select your appointment type which available time works the best for you, and include any additional notes. We believe that Calendly will provide an easier way to book online, and hope you will find the experience to be efficient. We will be rolling Calendly out on February 1st, and will post on our Facebook page and website when the link is officially up and ready to use!

Triangle Goal Setting for a New Year!

lFor 2021, the Triangle team decided that we were going to work towards achieving our goals. In doing so, we began this journey  by working with Powersheets and setting up our goal planners. The Powersheets Cultivate planner helps guide us to uncover what goals that matter, make an action plan, and then live it out with confidence.  One thing that our goal planners help us define is our “word” of the year.  Let’s see what our Triangle team members chose as their word, and what that word means to them…

Kendra

My 2021 word is Cultivate. This is a focus on tending to processes to consistently deliver on outstanding customer service and be in a position to grow.

Lindsey

My 2021 word is Bloom. This is a focus to nurture, grow and tend to various relationships in my life into something beautiful. I also feel bloom allows for the ups, downs, and setbacks one might experience during this process.

Aurora

My 2021 word is Powerful. This is a focus towards my inner strength. This word helps me to keep going, through all of the busy days of being a mom and a full-time student, as well as giving me the confidence to succeed in my work and daily life. 

Maddie

My 2021 word is Grow. This is a focus on self-expansion. This word reminds me that I should not expect perfection, and that as long as I am growing and learning, I am on the right track. This is applicable to all areas of my life. 

If you are interested in looking into a Powersheets planner, we have included their website link here!

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Triangle Times March 2020

The first quarter of 2020 has come to a close and wow has it been a wild one. We are hoping you all are staying healthy and safe during these difficult times. We are here for you, working hard for your finances and doing our best to stay healthy. Hope you enjoy our updates! Look for our quarterly Triangle Times in the future. Want to stay in the loop more often? Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn or Website to find current update resources and stories.

Triangle’s Action Plan for COVID-19

The outbreak and response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is new for all of us. We at Triangle are doing our best to continually be up to date and aware of what is going on in the markets as well as in our state and city. At this time, there is no known immunity to the virus, therefore the actions we take can impact the vulnerable populations and reduce potential spread of the virus. We at Triangle took the time to set up a plan of action to better serve our clients.

Triangle’s Plan of Action:

  • All of our staff are set up to work remotely and will continue to be able to provide you with service, provided the health of our staff is well.
  • All appointments with Kendra, Lindsey and Jessica are now virtual only. We have two options to meet virtually, through Zoom meeting OR via phone call.
  • This is temporary and we are confident we will make it past this.

As always, please look for emails, follow us on Facebook and check our website to stay posted on what we are doing. We wish you wellness, and we are here for you.

Articles

CARE Act

The CARE act that passed on Friday changes some IRA & Retirement plan rules! Including no RMD requirement for 2020, extension of IRA contributions to July 15 and waiver of some penalties from retirement plans. Check out this link to learn more:
Read more on Forbes

Market Volatility

We are experiencing some of the most dramatic days in the financial markets in recent history. Here are key data points from the recent market movements well as key investment fundamentals to remember as we navigate through this volatility.
Read more on Market Volatility

SECURE Act

Congress passed the SECURE Act at the end of 2019. One provision will help small businesses offer employees a retirement plan.
Read more at Yahoo Finance

Recent Events at Triangle

“Celebrate Good Times” Event
On January 21st, we held our annual Triangle Financial dinner. It was held at the River Center in Des Moines. There, we premiered a video to the guests that were in attendance. Please take a moment to enjoy the video by clicking on the link below.
https://youtu.be/Zx-OYQpSTwE

Staffing Updates

Our team continues to be strong and flexible during these uncertain times. It is with a heavy heart that, I want to share a change to staffing. Due to unforeseen circumstance, Miaja has decided to focus on her studies and no longer able to work. For us, her presence will be greatly missed as her contribution and passion was so influential to our business. I know she enjoyed connecting with so many of you. We are currently picking up with more hours from the rest of the team for right now. We do expect to look for a para planner when the virus has passed. Change is certainly life and we chose to grow because of it.

What’s happening in our lives…

 

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With our family at home we have gotten in a work/study routine that offers frequent stretch and snack breaks. We are finding ways to support our favorite local small businesses with one of our favorites sending out cards & little gifts. We just set up a Zoom Conference call for Easter for the whole family! So, we can virtually eat together for the holiday. Here is to finding joy in new ways!

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Adjusting to working from home with a preschooler and a toddler has been a challenge, but we are enjoying spending more time together & finding ways to celebrate birthdays and holidays with friends and family. We’ve been enjoying the nice weather with long family walks and lots of backyard play time! I hope you are able to enjoy the nice weather too!

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In addition to serving clients and juggling new homeschool responsibilities, I am currently enrolled in the Certified Private Wealth Advisor® program through The University of Chicago BOOTH School of Business with expected designation in July.

 

Aurora-
Aurora has been adjusting to working from home with her 2.5-year-old daughter. Thankfully, she is serenaded with Frozen I or II songs daily, and has a whole new collection of art pictures hanging on her fridge. A couple times a week, Aurora is able to take her daughter on an adventure to pick up mail for Triangle, and get some fresh air outside of the house.

 

 

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