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Your financial affairs are personal and confidential. They define the way you live and the way you hope to live in the future.

Our focus is to help you understand where you are and where you can be by listening to your needs and wants and working with you to define the goals to get you to where you want to be.

Our team works as your partner, not as a disengaged party, to educate, support, encourage, and be there when you have questions.

Our goal is to help you manage toward your plan and then work with us to reframe and refocus when life happens.

Our Services for
Individuals, Families and Trusts

Life is a series of Learnings and Transitions, and our team is here to help.

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Plan | Recommend Investment Options | Investment Management

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Retirement Planning

Plan | Invest | Cash Flow Management | Investment Management

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Risk Management

Variable and Fixed Annuities | Life Insurance | Health Insurance | Property Insurance

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Advanced Strategies

Private Placements | 1031 / 1035 Exchages | Advanced Tax Strategies | Employer Granted: Stock, Options, Phantom Stock and Incentive Plans

Our Process for
onboarding new clients

Initial meeting
Gather information
Review proposed approach
Together we establish your investment strategy
Monitor review and adjust as needed

Financial security is most often built through a committed pattern of saving, investing, and using informed, diversified, long-term investment plans. But, financial security is also driven by your personal goals, objectives, risk tolerance, and your participation in the process.

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There are 1,000s of Options but
We Help you select the Products and Accounts

We do not believe in a One Size Fits All. We use a mix of products and solutions to serve the diverse needs of our clients.

It’s our job to help you understand and evaluate the different product types and offerings and create a portfolio that matches your goals and objectives.

 

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  • ETF's
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  • Alternative Non-Market Correlated Investments

 

Account Types

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  • IRA
  • Roth IRA
  • Simple and SEP IRA
  • 401(k), Profit Sharing and Pension Plans
  • 529 / College Savings
  • Trust Accounts

 

Insurance

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  • Life
  • Health
  • Disability Income
  • Long Term Care
  • Variable Annuities
  • Variable Index Annuities
  • Fixed Index Annuities
  • Commercial and Property Casualty

 

Specialized Investments

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  • Public and Private REITS
  • Oil and Gas Partnerships
  • Interval Fund
  • 1031 / 1035 Exchanges

 

Investments

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  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Mutual Funds
  • ETF's
  • Managed Accounts
  • ESG (Socially Responsible Investing)
  • Alternative Non-Market Correlated Investments

 

Account Types

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  • IRA
  • Roth IRA
  • Simple and SEP IRA
  • 401(k), Profit Sharing and Pension Plans
  • 529 / College Savings
  • Trust Accounts

 

Insurance

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  • Life
  • Health
  • Disability Income
  • Long Term Care
  • Variable Annuities
  • Variable Index Annuities
  • Fixed Index Annuities
  • Commercial and Property Casualty

 

Specialized Investments

Hover to View

  • Public and Private REITS
  • Oil and Gas Partnerships
  • Interval Fund
  • 1031 / 1035 Exchanges

 

Investments

Hover to View

  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Mutual Funds
  • ETF's
  • Managed Accounts
  • ESG (Socially Responsible Investing)
  • Alternative Non-Market Correlated Investments

 

Account Types

Hover to View

  • IRA
  • Roth IRA
  • Simple and SEP IRA
  • 401(k), Profit Sharing and Pension Plans
  • 529 / College Savings
  • Trust Accounts

 

Insurance

Hover to View

  • Life
  • Health
  • Disability Income
  • Long Term Care
  • Variable Annuities
  • Variable Index Annuities
  • Fixed Index Annuities
  • Commercial and Property Casualty

 

Specialized Investments

Hover to View

  • Public and Private REITS
  • Oil and Gas Partnerships
  • Interval Fund
  • 1031 / 1035 Exchanges

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Contact Rich Kasher and Steve Kasher

 847-380-7121

 1375 E. Woodfield Road, Suite 230
Schaumburg, Illinois 60173

Contact Brandi Ruffalo

 847-380-3075

 1375 E. Woodfield Road, Suite 240
Schaumburg, Illinois 60173

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Richard Kasher and Brandi Ruffalo offer securities and advisory services through Independent Financial Group, LLC (IFG), a registered investment adviser. Member FINRA/SIPC. Stephen Kasher offers securities through IFG. DTS Financial Advisors, LLC and IFG are unaffiliated entities. Members of our team are licensed to sell securities in AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, OH, PA, TX, VA, & WI.

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