Top Charitable Gifts of 2015

Jan 4, 2016

As we close out our focus on charitable giving and philanthropy and welcome a new year, we thought it fitting to highlight the largest charitable gifts of 2015, and the people who made them. Note the top person on the list is the late Texas businessman John Santikos,...

Happy New Year!

Dec 31, 2015

In the spirit of “out with the old, in with the new,” we have done some upgrading here at Farner & Perrin. Pictured are our conference room and the new office for our associate, Kelsey Giltner.        ...

Year-End Charitable Giving

Dec 9, 2015

If you are considering charitable giving, you might want to consider giving appreciated securities, rather than cash.  As this article explains, giving appreciated securities is usually a much more tax efficient way to benefit charity.

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The Price Some Veterans Pay

Nov 24, 2015

“People generally don’t suffer high rates of PTSD after natural disasters. Instead, people suffer from PTSD after moral atrocities. Soldiers who’ve endured the depraved world of combat experience their own symptoms. Trauma is an expulsive cataclysm of the soul. Now...

A Day at a Museum

Nov 17, 2015

Allow us to share a suggestion to visit our treasured National WW II Museum just a car ride away in New Orleans. Click here Or, if you prefer to stay in the State of Texas, the Nimitz Museum is a few short hours away, in Fredericksburg, Texas.  Click...