Planning to Roll Your 401(k) to Your Own IRA?
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Getting ready to retire? Planning to roll your 401(k) into your own IRA? It will pay to do your homework first.
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Getting ready to retire? Planning to roll your 401(k) into your own IRA? It will pay to do your homework first.
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® This past Monday, I retweeted a Fox Business post, Why Your Retirement Savings May Be a Pipedream. A number of my
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® According to a survey conducted by Bankers Life Center for a Secure Retirement, middle income boomers aren’t paying much attention to
I’ll be conducting a retirement webinar this coming Saturday, October 1st. Who would benefit: “Baby Boomers” planning for or nearing retirement and desiring to put a
You’ve probably heard about “The 4% Rule” – it’s been an ‘accepted’ rule-of-thumb for years that a retiree could withdraw 4% of his or her initial
Are we in the midst of a 401(k) failure? Some time ago, PBS aired an excellent program on retirement and how the various generation, including baby
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® When I was young, my father once advised, “Jim, just save 10-cents out of every dollar you ever earn and you’ll
James Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Remember the 1990s? That was when every business channel had multiple programs with business gurus picking and ranking mutual funds. It
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Scott and Linda (not their real names) have done everything right: They’ve worked hard, saved and invested wisely, and did all
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER THIS WEBINAR: PLANNING RETIREMENT IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD Tomorrow, June 4th: 9 a.m. Pacific, noon Eastern Register here and receive our
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.