Derek Bough
Chief Financial Optimizer

Bridges Financial

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Independent insurance agent offering:

• life insurance
• health insurance
• annuties
• home & auto insurance

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Derek's blog: Bridges Financial

• Plant an Acorn in Your Youth. Sit Under an Oak Tree in Your Old Age.

  But, what if the government came along and made you cut a limb off every year after you reached a certain age? I was reading the paper this morning and this headline caught my eye Retirement Account Rules Catch Many...

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• Shawn Johnson: Spoiler Alert

  If you don't know how she did yet, don't worry. I'm not gonna spoil it. I gotta say that I've never really been into the Olympics much until this year. Two Des Moines natives, Shawn Johnson and Lolo Jones trying...

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• Quit Smoking Your Nest Egg!!!

  Calculato Been looking for a silver bullet or magic pill? Try the Sticker Shock Method of quitting. Thanks to my girlfriend, Sheri, for taking my crude spreadsheet and turning it into the lovely calculator you see here. All you have...

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• Are You a Rancher or a Dairy Farmer?

  If you answered "vegan", go ahead a read this anyway. I'm just trying to make a point. Yesterday I attended a meeting of the Cash Flow Investors Group here in Des Moines. It is a great group of individuals who...

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• Pet Insurance Protects All the Ones You Love

  A couple years back, our wiener dog, Winston, suffered a ruptured disc in his back and ultimately lost the use of his back legs. Over the following months, he spent several days in the hospital and also had to undergo...

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