Article Topic: Retirement

Financial thoughts, tips and tricks for you to consider.

Reality Check

I must admit … we just got a reality check. As a wealth strategist, my job is to advise people.     And one of the pieces of advice I am often giving is to “Be Your Own Banker” and control the banking function in your life. But I must admit, while making great strides...

The Thing Most Often Omitted In Retirement Plans

Most of us assume that once our children are grown and we enter the retirement phase of our life we no longer need life insurance. This is one of the reasons term insurance is often recommended. However, in reality the exact opposite is true. Life insurance can and...
You Don’t Know Jack

You Don’t Know Jack

Jack is 45 and he just purchased $1,000,000 of Term 20 insurance. He pays $1,930 to the insurance company every year. The plan is to drop the insurance after 20 years. His family won't need it. Mortgage will be paid off. Wealth will be amassed. Children are through...

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Pressures On Money In Retirement

Pressures On Money In Retirement

In retirement we enter the distribution phase of our economic life from the accumulation phase. We move from “Working for Dollars” to “Dollars at Work” During the distribution phase there is only a finite pool of resources. Adding new financial assets during...

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