Hayden Wealth Management, mutual funds, investment
Welcome. I am Vern Hayden, President and Founder of Hayden Wealth Management.  We provide integrated financial planning and investment management based on objective advice, superior service and experienced judgment.  Ours is a simple motto:
 
"Money is never our client.  Real people are."  
  
We value objectivity and independence.You've probably already discovered that there are two kinds of financial planning and advisory firms. The first kind are product driven planning firms, which includes many banks, insurance companies, and Wall Street firms. They employ an array of people who do planning to sell you a specific product (in many cases proprietary product). The second type of firm? Client-driven firms like Hayden Wealth Management. As fiduciaries, we charge fees to do financial planning and portfolio management.
 
A Trusted Partner in Helping You Achieve Your Financial Dreams
 
Vern Hayden has written books, articles, and columns for TheStreet.com and has appeared on Consuelo Mack WealthTrack, CNN and CNBC.  He is joined by a team of experienced professional who have this passion: to help you have continual financial peace and freedom.
 
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ETFs for the Conservative Investor

The number of exchange-traded funds has grown rapidly in the last decade. Total ETF assets exceeded $1 trillion in March 2011, an increase of more than $200 million over the previous year. This article explains the potential benefits of ETFs and why some of them might appeal to the risk-averse.

Giving Strategies That Can Give Back

Americans gave more than $290 billion to charity in 2010, despite the slow economy. About 73% of charitable donations came directly from individuals. This article explains how a charitable remainder trust and a charitable lead trust could be used to provide more control over gifts while potentially benefiting the giver and his or her heirs.

Favorable Dividend and Capital Gains Tax Rates Extended—for Now

The 2010 Tax Relief Act extended the 15% maximum tax rates on qualified dividends and long-term capital gains through December 31, 2012. But without further legislation, dividends will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates and capital gains tax rates will return to 20% (23.8% for investors in the two highest tax brackets) in 2013.

HOT TOPIC: American Manufacturing: Rebound or Renaissance?

During the last decade, U.S. manufacturing lost millions of jobs to foreign competition. The sector appears to be coming back strong, adding almost half a million jobs since 2010 as productivity rises. This article examines the conditions that originally caused the exodus of U.S. industrial production and those that may bode well for its future.

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