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Outliving Your Retirement
August 23, 2016 – They call it “The Longevity Paradox” – People recognize they’re living longer but don’t seem to be taking the necessary steps to ensure long life financial security. A few staggering facts from yesterday’s InvestmentNews article of the same name: There are 44% more American centenarians today (77,197) than there were a […]
Posted: August 23, 2016 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement | Comments Off on Outliving Your Retirement
Retirement Surprise
April 20, 2016 – “Lynn” called me recently for help with a few structured settlement annuities I helped place on her behalf about five years ago. Our firm occasionally fields calls from former clients who are moving, changing beneficiaries or banks and simply need help submitting the correct documents to make sure their money arrives […]
Posted: April 20, 2016 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement, Structured Settlements | Comments Off on Retirement Surprise
Best Retirement Income Choice
June 18, 2015 – So you’ve saved a bunch of money during your working life and are finally getting serious about making some decisions about how to make sure this gob of money lasts for as long as you do. Maybe you’re lucky and worked for an employer that still offered a pension. Social Security […]
Posted: June 18, 2015 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement, Structured Settlements | Comments Off on Best Retirement Income Choice
Retirement: How Ready Are You?
January 9, 2015 – “Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie….” Remember that? If you once lived in a house without satellite, cable or, heck, even color television, you likely recognize this familiar jingle as part of something you shouted, before opening your eyes, when you were “it” during a neighborhood game of hide-and-go-seek you played as a […]
Posted: January 9, 2015 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement | Comments Off on Retirement: How Ready Are You?
Treasury Green Lights New Retirement Safety Net Option
July 1, 2014 – Your retirement safety net options just got a whole lot better. Effective today, 401(k) plan participants now can choose to dedicate a portion of their retirement funds toward the purchase of “longevity insurance,” otherwise known as a deferred income annuity, in an effort to shore up their retirement security. Here’s a […]
Posted: July 1, 2014 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement, Structured Settlements | Comments Off on Treasury Green Lights New Retirement Safety Net Option
Retirement Decumulation
September 25, 2013 – From the time a person enters the workforce until one’s last day on the job, nearly all the emphasis on retirement planning centers around what a person should do to amass as much money as possible. For essentially one’s entire work life, the goal is the same: Save as much money […]
Posted: September 25, 2013 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement, Structured Settlements | Comments Off on Retirement Decumulation
Expect Retirement Rain
May 15, 2013 – Expect the unexpected. Sage advice generally but a recent Ameriprise Financial Retirement Derailers Survey finds these words of wisdom to be especially true for those with retirement goals in mind. This comes on the heels of another study we referenced in yesterday’s blog, “Peace and the New Retirement Realities,” so we’re […]
Posted: May 15, 2013 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement, Structured Settlements | Comments Off on Expect Retirement Rain
Peace and the New Retirement Realities
May 14, 2013 – Art Buchwald once said, “The best things in life aren’t things.” Baby boomers heading into retirement have taken the late Pulitzer Prize winning columnist’s philosophy to heart according to a new retirement study entitled “Americans’ Perspectives on New Retirement Realities and the Longevity Bonus.” A recognition that the rules of the […]
Posted: May 14, 2013 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement | Comments Off on Peace and the New Retirement Realities
Retirement Annuities
Annuities: Best Choice for Security, Satisfaction and Serenity February 26, 2013 – We have been advising clients for years about the benefits of lifetime annuities for retirement. We’ve extolled their virtues and provided empirical evidence about the correlation between retirement and satisfaction in several previous newsletters and blogs about retirement annuities. Here’s a sampling: A […]
Posted: February 26, 2013 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement, Structured Settlements | Comments Off on Retirement Annuities
A Happier Retirement
Managing the Risks – A Delicate Balance Achieving a happy, comfortable retirement is largely dependent upon how successful one is at managing the many retirement risks we all face leading up to, and during, retirement. Depending on whose literature you read there are anywhere from six to ten or more risks people should consider when […]
Posted: September 20, 2012 | Category: Articles, Blog, Retirement, Structured Settlements | Comments Off on A Happier Retirement