Stephen Herrington, CFP®, CFA®, MBA
Wealth Advisor
- Company:Nova Wealth Management
- Group:Expert Financial Planners
Stephen Herrington, CFP®, CFA®, MBA
Wealth Advisor
Stephen Herrington brings a blend of advanced business insight and client-focused financial planning to his role at Nova Wealth Management. Holding an MBA from Florida Gulf Coast University and a BA in Marketing from Jacksonville University, he joined Nova in February 2025 after a proven tenure as a Financial Advisor at Wells Fargo. Prior to that, he held roles with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, Regions Bank, and Fifth Third Bank
Nova Wealth Management
Stephen specializes in helping clients build long-term financial security through informed strategy and attentive guidance. He is supervised by Amy C. Novakovich, CFP®, CRPC®, whose oversight ensures that Stephen delivers high-quality, compliant advice tailored to each client’s circumstances.
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Equal doesn`t always mean fair.
Especially when it comes to inheritance.
Consider two children receiving the same dollar amount—but one receives a Roth IRA and another receives a Traditional IRA.
Or one child spent years helping care for a parent while another didn`t.
Or one received substantial financial help years earlier.
Estate planning can involve much more than dividing everything by the same percentage.
It can also mean considering:
✔️ The assets being inherited
✔️ Taxes
✔️ Previous financial assistance
✔️ Caregiving
✔️ Beneficiary designations
✔️ Individual circumstances
✔️ Communication
💬 Sometimes explaining why you made a decision can be just as important as the decision itself.
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Oct 6
⏳ Retired…but not taking Social Security or RMDs yet?
Pay attention to this window.
For some retirees, taxable income temporarily drops after work ends and before other retirement income begins.
That may create an opportunity to evaluate:
✔️ Roth conversions
✔️ Retirement withdrawals
✔️ Social Security timing
✔️ Future RMDs
✔️ Tax diversification
But a Roth conversion isn`t automatically the right answer.
The goal isn`t just lowering taxes today.
It`s understanding how today`s decisions may affect your taxes throughout retirement.
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Oct 5
📁 Having a trust and funding a trust are two different things.
You can sign the documents…
Put them safely in a binder…
And still have work left to do.
Depending on your estate plan, you may need to coordinate:
🏠 Real estate
🏦 Bank accounts
📈 Brokerage accounts
💼 Business interests
📋 Beneficiaries
🖼️ Personal property
And as your financial life changes, your estate plan may need another look.
A trust is a plan. Funding helps put that plan into action.
Our newest blog explains what families should know.
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