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Retirement Blind Spots

Some life and financial factors that can sometimes be overlooked. We all have our “blue sky” visions of the way retirement should be, yet our futures may unfold in ways we do not predict. So, as you think about…

Financial Planning Retirement

Helping Your Elders Find Care

Have you noticed Mom or Dad showing signs of decline? Are you worried about your elderly uncle living at home by himself? You’re not alone. Many of us will find ourselves making care decisions for our parents or other…

Financial Planning Retirement

10 Highlights of The Secure 2.0 Act

On December 23, 2022, Congress passed the bill containing the Secure 2.0 Act retirement provisions. This Act will reshape retirement tax incentives for years to come through changing existing retirement account rules and related tax breaks.  Here is a…

Insurance Retirement

Prepare for Your Medicare Enrollment

Medicare Open Enrollment is approaching! This year’s enrollment period starts on October 15th, so it is about time to start preparing!1 Here are our 6 tips for Medicare enrollment prep: Understand the enrollment periods The initial enrollment period consists…

Retirement

5 Retirement Concerns Too Often Overlooked

Baby boomers entering their “second acts” should think about these matters. Retirement is undeniably a major life and financial transition. Even so, baby boomers can run the risk of growing nonchalant about some of the financial challenges that retirement…

Retirement

Required Minimum Distributions 101

What you need to know about mandatory retirement account withdrawals. If you are approaching your seventies, get ready for required minimum distributions. You may soon have to take RMDs, as they are called, from one or more of your…