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Whether you’re preparing for retirement, navigating complex tax laws, or looking for ways to preserve your legacy, our blog serves as an invaluable resource. Each post is crafted by our team of financial professionals, ensuring you receive relevant, up-to-date information that addresses the real challenges retirees and pre-retirees face today.

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Should You Retire with High-Yield Dividend Equities in Your Portfolio?

Should You Retire with High-Yield Dividend Equities in Your Portfolio?

Can you live off dividends in retirement? That really depends on the scale of your dividends and the lifestyle you’re attempting to maintain. There are certainly some retirees whose investment portfolios are robust enough that their lifestyles are financed solely or...

5 Blind Spots You May Be Missing in Retirement

5 Blind Spots You May Be Missing in Retirement

Does your retirement plan have any of these blind spots? You’re probably familiar with blind spots when driving. You might be trying to change lanes and then you hear a loud horn and realize there’s a car right there in your blind spot. It’s a...

Preparing for Retirement in the Next 10 Years

Preparing for Retirement in the Next 10 Years

Planning for retirement is a lot like a race, and the final lap could be the most critical.  Planning for retirement is a lot like a race. And, if you’re a fan of motorsports, you know the final lap can sometimes be the most critical. Races have been won and...

Budgeting in Retirement

Budgeting in Retirement

We often talk on this blog about the risk of outliving your retirement savings given that so many people today live long, healthy retirement. If you’re physically healthy and financially prepared, your retirement could last for decades. During that time, it may go...

What’s the point of an annuity?

What’s the point of an annuity?

Annuities… you may have heard a thing or two about them.  If your retirement is right around the corner, you probably have some questions centered around not only what it will look like physically, but also fiscally. Depending on your goals and time-horizon,...

Using Life Insurance to Fund your Retirement

Using Life Insurance to Fund your Retirement

Life insurance can be leveraged to mitigate investment risk and can provide multiple tax-efficient strategies for your retirement plan. Typically, when we think of insurance, we think of expenses. After all, insurance coverage-- such as home, auto, and...

3 Things Women Near Retirement Need to Hear

3 Things Women Near Retirement Need to Hear

When women begin to factor in the prospect of financially supporting themselves, they can feel like the deck is stacked against them.  When you envision your dream retirement, you’ll most likely fantasize about traveling the world, curling up with a good book,...

3 Ways to Plan for the Unexpected in Retirement

3 Ways to Plan for the Unexpected in Retirement

The idea of uncertainty in retirement can exciting, but what about when it comes to your income in retirement? When you give up the nine-to-five, each day can feel unpredictable compared to the last. For what feels like the first time in your life, the trajectory of...

Millionaire Habits – Retiring Debt Free

Millionaire Habits – Retiring Debt Free

Debt. No one wants to talk about it, but over 80% of Americans have it… By definition, debt is something (typically money) borrowed from one party to another, with the condition that it will be paid back at a later date, usually with interest. Between student loans,...

Self-Made Millionaire Habits – Investing in Yourself

Self-Made Millionaire Habits – Investing in Yourself

The pathway to becoming a self-made millionaire is paved by small, daily financial habits. Retiring a millionaire doesn’t happen overnight-- unless you’re one of the scarce few who invested in the notoriously famous cryptocurrency “Dogecoin” (which...

Why Determining Your Risk Tolerance Can Mean a Brighter Financial Future

Why Determining Your Risk Tolerance Can Mean a Brighter Financial Future

Determining your risk tolerance is one of the first steps in choosing an investment that will impact your financial future. When your financial goals are aligned, you’re better able to determine how much you’re willing to risk and how you’ll recover if it all goes...

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