Retirement and Social Security
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® It’s one thing to simply ‘maximize’ your Social Security, it’s another to know just how taxation and the future health care
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® It’s one thing to simply ‘maximize’ your Social Security, it’s another to know just how taxation and the future health care
DATE CHANGE: The webinar will be held on June 4th! Uncle Sam (translation: elected politicians) will likely need more money in coming years. They’ll need
Jim 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® Does ‘adding’ a riskier position to a portfolio actually REDUCE the total portfolio risk? The fact is many investors are often
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Back during the 1990s, many Americans, particularly baby-boomers, were focusing on accumulation. Many of us can remember the focus on mutual
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® “If you think investing is fun, you’re doing something wrong.”
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Sound familiar? If so, it’s because you saw all those television commercials selling safety to a frightened public. After all, all
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Wouldn’t it be comforting to know you’re retirement is assured? An income you can’t outlive does have appeal. People who retire
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Life insurance illustrations have had, for more years than I can count, a well-deserved reputation for less than transparent and amazingly
Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF® Good question, ya’ think?[1] Maybe we should begin with what a fixed annuity is; then move to an indexed annuity. Fixed
When most people buy things, they see only the price tag; but that doesn’t reveal the REAL cost, especially when it comes to luxury items. The real cost of luxury can be more than they realize.
It’s an election year, and while the headline topics dwell on the border, January 6th, the age of the candidates, and all the rest, few are talking about the “3rd rail” of politics: social security.
You can expect a few politicians will come up with innovative approaches (they know will never reach the floor for a vote), but it does make for good campaign sound bites. It can be confusing.