Welcome to Acorn Investment Strategies
Acorn Investment Strategies was established to provide ongoing professional advice to investors and help them address their individual financial objectives. We combine personalized service with a disciplined investment management process and offer objective research with access to a wide selection of nonproprietary investment options. As your independent advisor, our primary focus will be investments that match your needs, goals and lifestyle. Our commitment to the partnerships we develop is consistent and ethical service to work towards our clients’ financial objectives.
We encourage you to explore our site and learn more about the services we provide. Should you have any questions or would like more information on our firm, please feel free to email us or call us at 919-362-4889. We look forward to hearing from you.
Helpful Content
How Compound Interest Works
Use this calculator to better see the potential impact of compound interest on an asset.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Problems with Probate
Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.
What Is an Annuity?
Annuities are versatile tools that can help you save for retirement and generate income in retirement.
Putting a Price Tag On Your Health
Being healthy not only makes you feel good, it may also help you financially.
Weighing the Benefits of Prepaid Debit Cards
It's important to understand the pros and cons when considering a prepaid debit card.
Emotional vs. Strategic Decisions
Information vs. instinct. Are your choices based on evidence of emotion?
Insurance Needs Assessment: When You're Young and Single
Even if you’re young and single, you should still consider protecting yourself.
9 Facts About Retirement
Regardless of how you approach retirement, there are some things about it that might surprise you.
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My Retirement Savings
Estimate how long your retirement savings may last using various monthly cash flow rates.
Paying Off a Credit Card
Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.
Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you have the potential to earn during your working years.
Saving for College
This calculator can help you estimate how much you should be saving for college.
What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
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5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
There are some smart strategies that may help you pursue your investment objectives
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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
The Fed and How It Got That Way
Here is a quick history of the Federal Reserve and an overview of what it does.
Once Upon a Goal
Do you know how to set up your financial goals for success? This knight does.
The Real Cost of a Vacation Home
What if instead of buying that vacation home, you invested the money?
The Wild West of Data Theft
Learn about cyber liability insurance in this entertaining video.
The Rule of 72
Do you know how long it may take for your investments to double in value? The Rule of 72 is a quick way to figure it out.