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The Millennial’s Guide to Retirement Planning
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J BLACK FINANCIAL GROUP
John A Black
Founder and CEO|CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, CASL®
Achieving success by helping you connect what’s on your balance sheet with what’s in your heart.
J BLACK FINANCIAL GROUP
J BLACK FINANCIAL GROUP is a boutique wealth management firm that specializes in liquidity event planning and comprehensive wealth management. We make a difference in thoughtful, caring, receptive people’s lives by helping them make sound financial decisions and preventing them from making poor ones.
We're top ranked by Forbes
John Black has been recognized as a Best-In-State Wealth Advisor by Forbes for the third consecutive year. Many thanks to our hardworking team, amazing clients, and partnership with Northwestern Mutual. This wouldn’t have been possible without you.
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors" list (July 2024), Research and ranking provided by SHOOK Research, LLC. Based upon data as of 12/31/2023. Northwestern Mutual (NM) and its advisors do not pay for placement on 3rd party rating or ranking lists. NM and its advisors do, however, pay marketing fees to these organizations to promote the rating or ranking(s). Rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success.
J BLACK FINANCIAL GROUP Featured in the Media
We were recently featured in some local and national publications.
The publications include:
Kansas City Hidden Ozarks
435 Kansas City Magazine
Bloomberg Businessweek
Fortune Magazine
Entrepreneur Magazine
Kansas City Business Journal
Ingram's Magazine
ABA Journal
The Northwestern Mutual difference
No. 1
Best life insurance company for consumer experience, 2023. (NerdWallet)1
Top 5
We're one of the Top U.S. Independent Investment Broker-Dealers.2
$8.2B
In dividends expected to be paid in 2025.3
A++
AAA, Aaa, and AA+ - we've earned the highest financial strength ratings awarded to life insurers from all four major rating agencies.4