My Comments: I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. For my family, it’s the biggest family gathering every year. As we now move toward Christmas and the New Year, there is still much activity and conflict in the world. And confusion and discord here in this country. And behind much of it …
Author: Tony Kendzior, CLU, ChFC - Financial Planner
I've lived happily, raised a family, and enjoyed a professional life in Gainesville for over 50 years. The next several years are full of promise. My goal is to find new clients, new friends and somehow share the wisdom I've accumulated over these many years. And when I have time, play a little golf and travel with my family. Cheers!
Here are the two funds you need — before and after retirement
My Comments: Happy Thanksgiving! Regardless of your circumstances, this holiday is a time to offer thanks for whatever good there is in our lives. The fact that I’m able to write this post and have some of you read it is cause for celebration. For that alone I’m very grateful. The idea expressed here has …
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You’ll Get Social Security Wrong Unless You Do This
My Comments: First, you may get it wrong or you may not. Second, since you don’t know when you will die, you’ll never be sure. Everyone with enough credits, and still alive, has to choose which one of the 96 available months they have to sign up for and start receiving retirement benefits from Social …
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6 Retirement Account Changes for 2020 You Should Know
My Comments: Wow, it’s already Thanksgiving week. With all that’s going on it’s easy to lose track. Because we have family members here this week, some from far away, I may miss a couple of blog posts. One of my thanks comes from the raft of information that washes over us every day. Here's some …
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Have You Heard The Good News About Sea Level Rise?
My Comments: People my age tend to be less concerned about climate change than do young people. I guess it’s because by the time parts of the country become unlivable, we’ll be in our graves (they may be underwater but we’ll never know it). Since it appears changes are underway and for reasons that appear …
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The Real Retirement Math Is All About Cutting Spending
My Comments: Most of what we hear about getting ready for retirement is about having more money. And granted, life with more money is generally better than life with less money. But if your goal is to have a successful retirement, an equally valid approach is to also include the notion that if it costs …
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Too Many Investment Choices
My Comments: There are times when too much information simply turns our brains into mush. So it is for some people when thinking about retirement. There’s so much going on that it becomes noise, people stop paying attention, and when retirement arrives, they find themselves grossly unprepared. There’s a parallel described here by Erik Conley …
10 Things to Know About Social Security in 2020
My Comments: As the article states, 64 million people receive a benefit payment every month, keeping at least 22 million of us above the federal poverty line. Beyond that, the article from Sean Williams speaks for itself. By Sean Williams \ 10 NOV 19 \ https://tinyurl.com/vm5dp2k Social Security is undeniably our country's most important social …
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Investing returns are likely to be much lower in the years ahead. What to do.
My Comments: Investors continue to enjoy a positive market environment, assuming they’ve invested in the markets and not sat on the sidelines, waiting for the inevitable crash. I’m guilty of some of that decision making. However, for the past few years I’ve also been sensitive to another existential risk faced by those planning for retirement …
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The Cost of Long Term Care
One of the existential threats faced by all senior citizens is developing the need for Long Term Care or LTC. It’s when you can no longer perform some of what are referred to as Activities of Daily Living or ADLs. It means there's a need for help from someone else when it comes to things …
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