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Shawn O. Higley CPFA, CRPC, NQPA, CTFA, AIF

5150 S Landing Drive Suite 2B - 209
Portland, OR 97239

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503-747-8601

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Welcome to Higley Financial 

You’ve found a trusted resource — a coach, mentor, guide, and more importantly, a friend.
Please take full advantage of the tools, materials, and insights here. Everything is designed to educate, inform, and ultimately bring you clarity and comfort in complicated territory.

Our goal is to help you understand the potential rewards, recognize the risks, and take a proactive approach to your situation.
Awareness leads to wellness. Complex concepts become manageable when you have a process, a plan, and someone walking the road with you. People don’t plan to fail — they fail to plan. And sometimes the reverse is true: people plan endlessly and never take action. Often, you have to “work on the car while it’s moving.” When you only have one vehicle — the one that gets you to work — repairs must happen carefully and in motion. Over time you’ll have more flexibility, but it starts with action, not fear.

As the old Kung Fu Panda wisdom goes: “One often meets their destiny on the road they take to avoid it. Fear cannot be the baseline for your decisions. Ownership, effort, and doing the work create the understanding needed to move forward. I can’t do it for you, but I can certainly do it with you.

Our Two Core Messages

  1. There is tremendous value in working with a skilled fiduciary-minded professional.

  2. We bring that value to you, your spouse, your family, and your business as an educator, consultant, and partner.

Describes how Roth accounts can generate tax-free retirement income.

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Closed-end funds are considered to carry higher risk but may provide a higher income stream than traditional mutual funds holding similar securities.

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Shows how transfer-on-death designations help avoid probate costs.

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While life insurance might play a central role after the death of a financial provider, Social Security could also offer another important source of income for survivors.

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How Long Will Your Funds Last?

Use this calculator to determine whether you qualify for the different types of IRAs.

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

This calculator is designed to help you attach a dollar figure to your life’s work.

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