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AXA Advisors

Helping You Plan Your Financial Future

Don Hughett and Joe Brungs are financial professionals who have found that their team approach is incredibly valuable in servicing both their many corporate and individual clients.

Their aim is to empower you to make informed decisions and take effective action toward meeting your specific goals. 

Through AXA Advisors, Don and Joe are able to approach each client as an individual and offer objective advice to appropriately fit your unique situation.

This site has been created to to help you gain a better understanding of the financial concepts behind insurance, investing, retirement, estate planning*, and wealth preservation. It is also to help you become aware of the opportunities and potential rewards that become available when you take a proactive approach to your personal financial situation. Most importantly, we hope you see the value of working with skilled professionals to pursue your financial goals.

Feel free to browse our site. You'll find a variety of articles, calculators, and research that we hope will answer your questions or stimulate your interest.

If you have a specific question or want more information, just click on contact us in the menu to the right.

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Newsletters

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.

Leaving Your Home Out of the Retirement Equation

Plummeting home prices and increased borrowing cut U.S. home equity by more than 60% during the Great Recession — and housing prices have not yet recovered. This article considers the potential drawbacks of depending on home equity to help fund retirement.

Tax Law Keeps S Corporations Attractive

S corporations are more common than C corporations and partnerships, perhaps because they are not subject to the corporate tax. Instead, profits and losses flow directly to shareholders, who are currently taxed at lower individual income tax rates. Read why reorganizing as an S corporation may be a smart move.

Bring Your Life Insurance Home From Work

Only 44% of American households have individual life insurance, a 50-year low. Many workers have life insurance as an employee benefit, however relying on a group policy could mean that coverage ends should a worker's job situation change. This article examines the benefits of term individual insurance and permanent life insurance.

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Calculators

Life Insurance

How much life insurance would you need to produce a sufficient income stream for your family?

College Funding

Use this calculator to estimate the cost of your child’s education, based on the variables you input.

Tax-Deferred Savings

Compare the potential future value of tax-deferred investments to that of taxable investments.

Cost of Retirement

Use this calculator to estimate how much income and savings you may need in retirement.

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