The financial planners of EST Financial Group provide the financial planning services to help you work towards acquiring, preserving, and transfering assets to future generations. We specialize in retirement and estate planning, philanthropy solutions and succession planning for small-business owners, using a team approach. We believe that by building a team of specialists we can provide a wide array of applicable solutions to the issues facing our clients.  

Our perspective on financial planning is that, "A good man leaveth an inheritance for his children's children" (Proverbs 13:22).

Financial Planner in Maryland and Delaware. Serving Salisbury and the surrounding areas on the Delmarva.

Sam Slabaugh of EST Financial Group works with finance and specializes in retirement planning, estate planning, charitable giving, and investment advice. EST is located on the eastern shore of delmarva. Sam is a christian financial planner who is a charter member of Kingdom Advisors.

EST Financial Group can help you toward reaching your goal for a secure financial future.

Sam Slabaugh is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and the founder of EST Financial Group. As a business owner in the early 1990's, Sam consulted with accountants, lawyers, stockbrokers, and insurance agents on different aspects of his finances. Each of the professionals left him to mesh the advice by himself. This experience was one of the main reasons he decided to enter the field of financial planning—so he could help other business owners understand the complexities of finance. In 1997, Sam began building the unique practice he has today, EST Financial Group. 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
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2011 was a year of slow economic recovery, market volatility, and political conflict over the budget, the national debt, and taxes. All of these challenges continue to face us as we begin the new year. This article presents an overview of some of the issues that bear watching in 2012.

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The average annual return for large-cap value stocks was about 2.1% higher than for large-cap growth stocks, yet growth stocks outperformed value stocks in 13 out of 30 years. This article examines the difference between the two approaches and describes why holding both may help investors take advantage of a variety of market conditions.

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