Ignite Prosperity

Historically, both retail investors and professional money managers alike view the investment universe to be comprised of stocks and bonds. Over the course of the past few decades, a third asset class has emerged as a material component to this universe: Alternative Investments (a.k.a. Alternative Assets). Broadly speaking, alternative investments have risk and return traits that differ vastly from those of traditional stock and bond investments.

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Social Security & Medicare is a financial education course hosted by TS Prosperity Group’s Mary Jewell, Fiduciary Officer, and George Gillespie, Senior Health Insurance Information Program SHIIP Counselor with his sponsor organization Connections Area Agency On Aging in Council Bluffs. Are you thinking about retiring? Wondering what your first steps are with Medicare and Social Security as you plan? Join Mary and George to learn how to determine the best time to begin to take Social Security and what resources are available to you as you start to dream about retirement. This education series will focus on common questions asked about getting started with Social Security and Medicare and how you can navigate towards your retirement.

Loan Us Your Time is a "beginning savers" course designed to help you navigate all the different types of loans that are available to you and why your credit score is a critical piece in the loan process. Russ Maguire, VP of Consumer Credit with TS Bank, will be leading this session. TS Bank, Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender.

Consider the Tortoise and the Hare as they prepare to compete. The Hare appears unstoppable in his capacity to achieve victory in the race to the finish while the Tortoise is mocked by his peers who compare his methodical approach to the velocity of the Hare. The Tortoise is not intimidated by the challenge before him because he is confident in his strategy and knows that ultimately patience and perseverance will achieve massive success if a disciplined approach is maintained.

Andrea Fredrickson is CEO of Revela, a company dedicated to helping leaders and their businesses succeed. Andrea knows that creating, starting and maintain a business is a tough task and without the right preparations and guidance can lead to the downfall of something that might have been a success. According to Andrea there are many pitfalls that can take your business down a dark path.

A mother of six is left a widow with all children under the age of 18, their father, the main source of income, passed from an early, unexpected death. What does the widow do to ensure the best upbringing for her family? This is exactly what happened to the host of today's podcast, Travis Castle. This story was one of his leading motivations to work in the insurance industry, knowing first hand how such a simple policy can change someone’s life forever.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Kinds of Debt is a financial education course hosted by TS Bank and taught by Kyle Osborne of the TS Institute. In this session, Kyle will share how he and his wife started their marriage in 2008 with $118,000 in student loans and a car loan. They paid off all but $25,000 in nine years with one income while raising four kids. Attend this course to learn the basics of credit, ways to eliminate debt, ways to use debt to your advantage and ways to prosper amidst the weight of debt.