We’re in the business of helping people by building retirement plans with and for them. Perhaps for you. As part of that process, we meet regularly to ensure that the …
Six Of One, Half Dozen Of The Other
Certain tools are extremely useful in making our lives easier. This makes intuitive sense since a tool was likely invented in the first place in order to solve a problem. …
Retiring At A Time Like This?
Anytime a person utters the phrase, “This time it’s different” I get a little skeptical. I’ll bet you do too. It seems that being alive for at least a few …
Learn How To Run?
Do you know how to run? Of course you do, you just…run…right? Something that is so innate to each of us as running, something we’ve been doing since we were …
The British Are Leaving! The British Are Leaving!
In a shocking vote early this morning, the British people have voted for their economic sovereignty. As a result, Britain will begin its exit from the European Union, a bloc …
Social Security Income Funding and Taxation
After decades of working, saving money, and just plain navigating life, retirement approaches and shocks you with its complexity. The number of things to consider when planning a retirement is …
Income Backwardization
As I’ll often do, I recently carved out time to review the latest in retirement income planning research (Some people golf, others travel, this is what I do for fun!). …
27 Retirement Risks: Which Is (Arguably) Most Damaging?
Life is fraught with danger; everybody knows this. When we take a closer look at one particular slice of life, retirement, we begin to see more clearly what those risks …
If An Advisor Dies, Does the Plan Break?
I was teaching a Retirement Elevated class at BGSU the other night when I was asked a question about one of the retirement income planning strategies that we were discussing. …
By the Numbers
How many years did you work to accumulate your nest egg? Market losses = Time Losses Like many of the Stewards we work with, most began working around 25 years …
