My Comments: This comes from a publication called The Motley Fool that I follow. This article describes averages that may or may not apply to you. But the framework is real and if retirement is in your future, there may be thoughts here that resonate with you, especially if you are 20-25 years away from …
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My Comments: Life expectancy is an elusive category of thought. If you follow news sources, be they paper or digital, too often the person who died is younger than you are. At least to someone my age. That being said, it’s something I’ve dealt with professionally for years. Mindful that none of us has a …
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My Comments: This post is for those of you trying to deal with matters that sooner or later will happen in your life that need thinking about. As a professional in financial services for many years, I can tell you tales about people who paid money to establish a living trust and then ignored the …
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My Comments: Like the author’s first words below, I’ve spent my career looking for ways to help clients grow and maintain their financial lives. Many of them are living much longer than they expected to. I’ve lived far longer than my father, despite our having similar health issues, and I expect to be around for …
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My Comments: As someone licensed to sell life insurance policies for over 4 decades, I know for a fact that many of them go missing. People move, people die, there are no records for family members, sometimes a house burns down. These and for probably dozens of other reasons, a life insurance company is never …
My Comments: Retirement can be just as stressful as working 8 to 5 or more for decades. That's because retirement brings about a shift in mindset and financial dynamics. The transition from working for money to having money work for you can be a source of significant stress for many of us. Planning and adopting …
Continue reading In Retirement, Put Your Eggs in These Three Baskets
My Comments: We’re living longer, too many of us have limited financial skills, the level of pervasive uncertainty about the survival of our democracy and what it will look like in a few years, all add up to stress which is not a healthy outcome for any of us. Whether you have enough money to …
Continue reading 11 Signs You Will Be Able To Live Off Your Retirement Nest Egg
My Comments: Some of my retired clients worry almost daily about being able to pay their bills in future years. They own their home, have no debt to speak of, yet convey their concerns about running out of money every time we speak. I suggest the potential of a reverse mortgage and they look at …
My Comments: Harry Truman proposed the idea that became Medicare in 1945 and was signed into law in 1965 by Lyndon Johnson. I signed up for my Medicare benefits at age 65 almost 20 years ago. Surprisingly, that age not changed in the almost 50 years since. What has changed is the cost we all …
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My Comments: This is not a Holiday Season question, but one that perhaps should be addressed as soon as the New Year arrives. Life expectancies are steadily increasing but that doesn’t mean a continued ability to look after yourself without help as the years pass. From the day we reach adulthood, there have been bills …
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