KEI Financial

Joseph T. Trabert

Welcome to KEI Financial

KEI Financial offers financial products for virtually every investor.  We work with a wide variety of clients and we believe that no client is too small to give knowledgeable, ethical, and independent service.

We specialize in setting up retirement plans in the private and public sector.  KEI Financial has the ability to work with over 100 different mutual fund families and also 50 different insurance companies.  This diverse selection gives KEI Financial the flexibility to customize your portfolio to meet your specific needs.  We are unbiased and have no ties to any specific mutual fund family or insurance company.  Please visit our extensive products page to view all of our investment choices.

Life Insurance

How much life insurance would you need to produce a sufficient income stream for your family?

Savings Accumulation

Estimate the future value of your current savings.

Cost of Retirement

Use this calculator to estimate how much income and savings you may need in retirement.

Mortgage Refinancing

Determine whether you should consider refinancing your mortgage.

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The Dynamics That Can Drive Inflation

High unemployment and slow wage growth seem to have kept consumer spending and core inflation from growing very rapidly in the first half of 2011. This article reminds investors to keep the potential risk of inflation in mind, because even modest price increases compounded over time can erode the purchasing power of the assets in their portfolios.

How Interest Rates Can Influence Financial Decisions

The Federal Reserve has relied on its control of short-term interest rates to influence economic activity. Adjusting interest rates might seem to be an overly simple solution for steering the world's most powerful economy, but few mechanisms can influence behavior more effectively than interest rates.

What Do Price/Earnings Ratios Really Have to Offer?

It's not hard to find the price/earnings ratios of publicly traded companies or even the market as a whole reported in the news. Unfortunately, it may be difficult to understand what the numbers mean without the ability to make meaningful comparisons.

Variable Annuities and Your Retirement Strategy

An insurance product may appeal to pre-retirees who want to invest more of their current incomes for retirement and defer taxes on market gains. A variable annuity enables investors to pursue investment gains with the option to purchase guarantees (for an additional cost) to help protect against the downside risks of investing in the markets.

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