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Navigating Your Financial Journey
Welcome, I’m Timothy Lay, owner and principal of TPA Financial. We understand that there are unique challenges when it comes to planning and preparing for your financial future. We help clear away the confusion and mystery around investing in today’s volatile market place.
Our objective is to serve your best interests while you enjoy, Living Life.
Whether you’re facing retirement—or looking to better understand certain investment ideas—we can help you address your most pressing money questions.
Our first priority is your overall financial success. We want to learn more about your personal situation, identify your dreams and goals, and understand your tolerance for risk. Long-term relationships that encourage open and honest communication have been the cornerstone of our foundation of success.
Our site is filled with educational videos, articles, presentations, and calculators designed to help you learn more about the world of personal finance. As you search our website, send us a note regarding any questions you may have about any particular investment concepts or products. We’ll get back to you quickly with a thoughtful answer.
"We partner with individuals and business owners on their journey to achieving their financial goals, and serve their best interests along the way so they can focus on what is most important: Living Life"
Helpful Content

The History of Currency
Currency has been around for a long time. Here’s a quick history lesson.

A Cheat Sheet for Sending Your Kid to College
Dropping off your son or daughter is loaded with emotions; here are a few tips for a smoother experience.

A Bucket Plan to Go with Your Bucket List
A bucket plan can help you be better prepared for a comfortable retirement.
Insurance Needs Assessment: For Empty Nesters and Retirees
Do your insurance needs stay the same when the nest empties?
Pickleball in Retirement
Learn about the latest sport to sweep the nation with this informative article.
Medicare Advantage Plans (Medicare Part C)
Medicare Part C allows you to choose a Medicare Advantage plan. This article will help you decide if it's right for you.
The Lowdown on Those Free Credit Scores
What’s the deal with your yearly free credit report?
Investing with Your Heart
For some, the social impact of investing is just as important as the return, perhaps more important.
Protecting Your Business from the Loss of a Key Person
Business owners may be able to protect themselves from the financial consequences of losing a key employee.
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What Is the Dividend Yield?
This calculator helps determine your pre-tax and after-tax dividend yield on a particular stock.
What Is My Life Expectancy?
Estimate how many years you may need retirement assets or how long to provide income to a surviving spouse or children.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
Can I Refinance My Mortgage?
This calculator can help determine whether it makes sense to refinance your mortgage.
Comparing Investments
This calculator compares the net gain of a taxable investment versus a tax-favored one.
Lifetime of Earnings
Estimate how much you have the potential to earn during your working years.
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Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
5 Smart Investing Principles
Principles that can help create a portfolio designed to pursue investment goals.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
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Jane Bond: Infiltrating the Market
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, cracking the code on bonds.
No Cash, No Checks, No Problem
Peer-to-peer payment apps are one of the newest ways to send money.
Global and International Funds
Investors seeking world investments can choose between global and international funds. What's the difference?
Acres of Diamonds
In life it often happens that the answers to our most pressing questions are right in our own backyards.
Your DNA Test
If your family relies on your income, it’s critical to know what their needs would be in the event of your death.
Can Election Results Predict the Market?
How do the markets usually react to elections? Was the 2016 election any different?