Steve Laughter

Steve Laughter
Director Financial Consultant Truist Investment Services, Inc.
The Smith Group of Truist Investment Services, Inc.

3322 West End Ave

Suite 620,

Nashville, TN 37203-1217

steve.laughter@truist.com

Phone 615-297-7674

Fax 615-292-5180

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About me

Background

Steve Laughter is a Financial Consultant with Truist Investment Services, Inc. offering clients more than 24 years of comprehensive wealth management experience. He comes with a team approach bringing together specialists in investments, financial planning, credit, and estate strategies.

Steve holds himself accountable to recommend strategies with your needs and goals in mind. These strategies are supported not only by deep experience from a team of specialists, but also highly attentive service and coordination of resources. Steve takes the time to talk to you, get to know you and gain an understanding of the critical aspects of your financial life so he can help assess the interaction of multiple objectives and the far-reaching implication they can have on each other.

Investment Adviser Representative, Truist Advisory Services, Inc
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Education

BA Economics
University of North Carolina 1982

Personal Interests

Steve is a native of Kings Mountain, N.C. and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Degree in Economics.

Specialties

  • Cash-flow forecasting, business planning, asset accumulation strategies, savings and tax planning, executive compensation, retirement distributions

  • Market strategy insights, strategic and tactical asset allocation guidance, open-architecture investing platform, long-term investment strategies, alternative investments, private equity and debt offerings, and more

  • Wills; trust, estate, gift, wealth transfer, and generation-skipping tax planning; estate administration and settlement; and more

  • Exclusive educational events, whitepapers, articles, podcasts, legacy planning, next-generation education

  • Market strategy insights, strategic and tactical asset allocation guidance, open-architecture investing platform, long-term investment strategies, alternative investments, private equity and debt offerings, and more

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