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Is this something I would do in the same situation?

We have asked that question with our clients throughout our more than 40 years of combined experience and will continue to do so. It is the number one thing we do when making recommendations. We want you to feel comfortable, confident and pleased with the steps we are taking to get where you want to be. So trust us to uncomplicate one of the most complicated things in your life, your financial future.

Please do not hesitate to seek help with anything from general education and investment concepts to full service financial planning for retirement, social security and college planning.

We will even be happy to assist with investment plans for the children and young adults in your family. Life only gets more complicated as we get older, so starting early can have a profound effect on a child. Using Alex as an example (although most of you have heard the story), Pat used to make him save double for whatever item he wanted to purchase. Half was for the item, and half went to the bank. Now he is a financial advisor.

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.”
- Amelia Earhart

Patricia Marusarz, CFP®, MBA

LPL Financial Advisor

630.861.5037

630.280.2377

pmarusarz@wradvisors.com

Pat has been with Waddell & Reed since 1986, she has her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification and her MBA from Illinois Benedictine College, her undergraduate degree in Finance from DePaul University. She is experienced in...

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Alex Marusarz, CFP®

LPL Financial Advisor

630.861.5037

630.280.2377

apmarusarz@wradvisors.com

Alex Marusarz has been with Waddell & Reed since 2012 . Before coming to Waddell & Reed and forming the A.P. Marusarz Group with his mother and business partner, Patricia Marusarz, he worked as a Mortgage Consultant in Des Moines, Iowa...

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Barb Pietka

Practice Manager

630.861.5037

630.280.2377

bpietka01@wradvisors.com

Barb acts as a non-registered associated person of Waddell & Reed, Inc. She is authorized to assist Advisors with Waddell & Reed with approved activities. She is prohibited from soliciting, creating a market or account for any...

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