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
Contributing to an IRA?
Determine if you are eligible to contribute to a traditional or Roth IRA.
What Is My Current Net Worth?
Use this calculator to estimate your net worth by adding up your assets and subtracting your liabilities.
5 Smart Investing Strategies
Getting what you want out of your money may require the right game plan.
Money that Buys Good Health is Never Ill Spent
It's important to make sure your retirement strategy anticipates health-care expenses.
5 Keys to Fiscal Fitness
These basic moves, if done consistently, can help ensure that you are fiscally fit both now and in the future.
401(k) Plans Are Not Just for Big Businesses
Many small businesses are one person businesses.
A Brief Guide To Condo Insurance
Important items to consider when purchasing condo insurance.
Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy
Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.
Five Most Overlooked Tax Deductions
Five overlooked tax deductions to help manage your tax bill.
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What Is My Risk Tolerance?
This questionnaire will help determine your tolerance for investment risk.
Home Mortgage Deduction
Use this calculator to assess the potential benefits of a home mortgage deduction.
Federal Income Tax
Use this calculator to estimate your income tax liability along with average and marginal tax rates.
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.
Disability Income
This calculator estimates your chances of becoming disabled and your potential need for disability insurance.
What's My Potential Estate Tax?
This calculator helps estimate your federal estate tax liability.
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Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
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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What to Do When You Lose Your Wallet
Ever lost your wallet? Frustrating. Here’s what you can do to keep yourself safe.
To Buy or Not to Buy
The decision whether to buy or rent a home may have long-term implications.
Don’t Myth Out on Whole Life
Whole life insurance can help protect what matters most: your family, your assets, and your legacy.
Don't Myth Out on Whole Life
There are a lot of myths around whole life. Get the facts here.
A New Way to Look at Your Bucket List
Bucket lists don’t have to be for tomorrow.
RE: Retirement
How does your ideal retirement differ from reality, and what can we do to better align the two?