What’s So Great About a Rollover?
It depends on how you do it! Changing or leaving a job can be a tumultuous experience. Even under the best of circumstances, making a career
It depends on how you do it! Changing or leaving a job can be a tumultuous experience. Even under the best of circumstances, making a career
Ready for Retirement? Are you ready for retirement? Here are five words you should consider. Here’s some food-for-thought from the Financial Planning Association: Three Key
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Before you can take income from a nest-egg, you have to HAVE a nest-egg; but, getting there takes more than discipline
Enter Longevity Insurance – But Look Closely Before You Buy. You name the fear, the financial industry will come up with a solution to sell. These
Owners of closely-held businesses have long understood the value of insurance as a funding tool for executive retention, transition planning, and enhanced retirement benefits; but,
Did you know that property transferred in excess of the unified credit equivalent will ultimately be subject to estate tax in the estate of the surviving
Tax brackets have an impact on your choice of funding insurance solutions to meet the needs of closely-held corporations and their shareholders! For example, a
You say you own a successful C-corporation with excess cash and you’d like to retire and turn it over to your children and still give money
Simple. Quite often qualified plan contributions, even at the limits, will be inadequate to meet the retirement income needs of highly compensated employees. Executives at
Watch for mutual fund companies to begin touting their 5-year track-records in a race for new assets. That’s because the ‘market meltdown’ happened six years
We all know the Fed target is 2% inflation; but, since COVID-19 and all the accompanying spending, it’s been tough going for the Fed. While the rate of inflation has been slowly declining, it’s still stubbornly around 3% – and with people living longer, it can still spell disaster for those facing retirement, especially with longer life expectancies.
Retirement milestones should actually begin the day you leave school and enter the workforce; but few people think about retirement at that age. They’re too busy starting careers. If they achieve early success, they won’t even be worried about retirement. It’s been my experience that it’s after age 50 they come through my door. By that time they’re done with stock tips and chasing rainbows. Age 50 has a way of making all of us start thinking.