Financial Strategies, LLC

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <table style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="609"> <tr> <td width="384" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="384"> <tr> <td align="center" width="1%" valign="middle"> <img src="/files/16880/bull_bear.jpg" alt="Financial Strategies, LLC" height="95" width="156" border="0"> </td> <td> <img src="/graphics/spacer.gif" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="1" border="0"></td> <td align="left" valign="middle" width="99%"> <span style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <br>4630 Bit & Spur Road <br>Mobile, AL 36608 <br>Phone: 800-554-4599<br>251-342-4874 <br>FAX: 251-340-6166 <br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr style="font:10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align:top;"> <td>Email: <br> <a href="mailto:paula@financialstrategiesllc.com"> paula@financialstrategiesllc.com</a> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align:top;"> <p>At <strong>Financial Strategies, LLC,</strong> we define our role as advocates on behalf of businesses and families who require highly specialized financial and advisory services. Our goal is to help them maximize value and minimize risk for their assets.</p> <p> </p> <p>As a member of PartnersFinancial, an independent national financial services company, our responsibility is to provide access to those sophisticated resources. Some of the professionals with our firm are currently registered to conduct securities business through NFP Securities, Inc. With those resources in place we facilitate the complex corporate and personal financial decisions our clients must make. For example,</p> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">What are the best strategies for <strong>corporations</strong> to:</font></p> <p> </p> <ul><br /> <li><a href="/files/nfp/newsletterbdf1.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">Prepare for financial contingencies?</font></a></li> <br /> <li><a href="/files/nfp/newsletter79da.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">Balance cost and appreciation of fringe benefits?</font></a></li> <br /> <li><a href="/files/nfp/newsletter82e3.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">Maximize the value of retirement plan benefits?</font></a></li> <br /> <li><a href="/files/nfp/newsletter2b49.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">Combat erosion of executive benefits?</font></a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">What are the best strategies for <strong>family businesses</strong> to:</font></p> <p> </p> <ul><br /> <li><a href="/files/nfp/newsletter1525.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">Secure the best future for the companies they have built?</font></a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">What are the best strategies for <strong>affluent individuals</strong> to:</font></p> <p> </p> <ul><br /> <li><a href="/files/nfp/newsletter4ece.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">Protect financial achievement and assure long term goals?</font></a></li> <br /> <li><a href="/files/nfp/newsletter17bb.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">Sell their old life insurance policies instead of surrendering them?</font></a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial">What are the best strategies for <strong>affluent families</strong> to:</font></p> <p> </p> <ul><br /> <li><a href="/files/nfp/newsletterbc9a.html"><font size="2" face="Arial">Control the value of their legacy over generations?</font></a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p align="center"><font color="#000080"><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">We can help you get the answers you need</font></strong></font></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><strong><a 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