
Are You Ready for Retirement?
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
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 thatproperty 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
Yousay 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
Investors often purchase annuities without really understanding what they bought, usually because the sometimes over-hyped guarantees sound so good their eyes tend to glaze over.
You’ve just inherited an IRA from someone not your spouse… usually a parent. Guess what! Your rules are different.
If you’ve changed jobs or are getting ready to retire, don’t leave your old retirement account behind. Rolling over your employer-sponsored plan—like a 401(k) or 403(b)—into an IRA or new employer’s plan keeps your money growing tax-deferred and gives you more control over your investments.