Pathfinder Financial Group

Paul Games, MSFS, CLU, ChFC, AEP, CFP®

Welcome to our Web site -- an information resource designed to help you learn more about personal finance. Click around and you'll find a variety of financial tools. There are financial calculators that can help you get a clearer picture of where you stand and where you're headed. There is a research library and newsletter articles on a wide range of financial topics. You can even request a quote for an insurance or investment product. And check back often, because we're constantly adding new material. If you have a specific question or want more information, contact

Paul at  paulgames@pathfinderfinancial.com - (978) 518-3136 or Karen at karengoddard@pathfinderfinancial.com - (978) 518-3137. We're ready to help.
Calculators

Risk Tolerance

This calculator is designed to help you clarify your comfort level with investment risk.

Cost of Retirement

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

College Funding

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

Impact of Inflation

Estimate the future cost of an item based on today’s prices and the rate of inflation you expect.

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Newsletters

Investing Can Be Funds

The popularity of mutual funds is not surprising, considering the benefits they can offer to investors. Some of these benefits could help make mutual funds an important part of your portfolio.

Recapping Market Capitalization

The blurring of lines between large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap companies is an indication that it may be time to evaluate whether your portfolio holdings have shifted toward or away from your investment objectives.

Stay Off the Phishing Hook

In the run-up to this year’s April 15 tax deadline, taxpayers forwarded more than 33,000 phishing scam e-mails to the IRS, causing the agency to put phishing at the top of its annual list of scams of concern to taxpayers.

Gauging Investor Sentiment

Technical analysis, the evaluation of securities based on historical prices and other trading variables, is based in part on market psychology and thus looks at a host of sentiment indicators for clues about the near future.

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