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My Comments: You may have seen recent articles suggesting that annuities are the worst thing since sliced bread for your retirement money. What is typically ignored is that for fiduciaries and professional financial advisors like myself, there are lousy annuities and there are excellent annuities to choose from. The challenge for you is to know …
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My Comments: Not all of these are absolutely necessary, but to the extent you’ve not yet considered any of them, much less all of them, now is a good time to get your ducks in a row. Chances are if you’re reading this, you’re well on your way through life and no one has a …
My Comments: First, I was never a Baby Boomer since I’m from the Silent Generation. But what follows here is good information. I “retired” at age 70 and quickly became what I refer to as “terminally bored” and it wasn't long before I became “un-retired”. Fortunately things have worked out OK for me and I …
Continue reading I’m a Baby Boomer Who Had To Un-Retire: 3 Money Lessons I Wish I’d Known
My Comments: Never forget that from the day of our birth, not a single one of us knows when we’ll die. It’s largely irrelevant when you’re young, but as we age, we develop clues that most of us pay attention to. If you’ve reached 65 or will soon, you fully understand what I’m saying in …
My Comments: In my many years on this planet, there have always been financial issues that affect virtually all of us. Today, there’s fear we’re heading toward a recession, there’s an election approaching which has many people concerned, inflation is an issue with too many of us on the lower end of the spectrum dealing …
Continue reading Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time
My Comments: Last week I attended a luncheon where the formal program was a panel of professionals discussing trusts. The focus was on trustee responsibilities, the fact we’re living longer, trustees and/or beneficiaries are increasingly likely to become mentally challenged, children are having to wait longer and longer to receive their beneficial interest, and other …
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My Comments: There are good annuities and there are bad annuities. Most of the bad ones have been created and aggressively sold by insurance companies whose sole objective is to generate revenue for the company and their agents. The study results described below tell us why they have been successful. It’s not easy to find …
Continue reading Annuities are key to American retirement. So why are so few Americans buying them?
My Comments: I’m over 80 and do not have a long-term care policy because when I finally decided one might be in my best interest, I judged it to be too expensive. So I found another solution which may or may not work for my wife. That being said, we as a population are living …
Continue reading Is long-term care insurance worth it for seniors in their 70s? Experts weigh in
My Comments: If you drive a car and happen to have more than one accident, chances are your car insurance will increase. Live where there’s a greater chance of hurricanes or tornados, chances are your homeowners insurance will be higher than for someone who lives where those events are less likely. It’s the same with …
Continue reading Average Cost for Long-Term Care Insurance After 60
My Comments: You might assume the message here is self-serving since I’ve been a licensed insurance agent since the 1970’s. Well, I’ve long reached the age where I’m more interested in helping others than I am interested in helping myself. If it generates some revenue, OK, but that’s not what drives me these days. This …
Continue reading 3 Reasons Long-term Care Insurance Is Better Than Paying Out of Pocket
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