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What the SVB Collapse Teaches Us About Retirement Planning

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The crash of Silicon Valley Bank and additional bank failures underscore the relevance behind proactive financial and retirement planning. Read more at 401k Specialist ...
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Want to Minimize Retirement Taxes? Don’t Follow This Popular Strategy

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If you’re planning on making tax-deferred retirement accounts the last pot of money you tap after retirement, you’ve got a lot of company. And why not? The idea that your ...
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Retirees: Expect to Get Hit With Surging Health Costs

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Inflation has been hitting retirees from the gas pump to the grocery store. Their next shock is expected in medical costs and health insurance—the expenses retirees can least ...
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Even After a Year Like 2022, Your Retirement Income Plan Can Stay on Course

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Predictions about what the markets will do or how the economy will perform are often wrong. That’s why it’s better to “prepare” rather than “predict,” and that requires ...
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As Social Security reform talks heat up, changes to the retirement age, payroll tax may be on the table

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Lawmakers are hashing out plans to shore up Social Security’s ailing trust funds, and the possible changes will affect the benefits Americans receive. Broadly, that comes down to two key ...
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Do Americans Need A Retirement Reboot?

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The numbers tell us that a very large segment of Americans nearing retirement need to heed these foundational strategies. Federal Reserve data indicates that the median balance in ...
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Retirement Planning: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

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Planning for retirement is not easy. The key to planning is to reduce the probabilistic aspects of your retirement and to effectively manage the other risks. Importantly, that ...
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How To Save Your Retirement Plans From Falling Apart

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It doesn’t take much to send a solid retirement plan off the rails. Fortunately, you’re more likely to avoid retirement failures when you know the mistakes that endanger ...
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Research Shows Workers Favor Guaranteed Income Over Financial Wellness Tools

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Retail sales of annuities have been booming on higher interest rates even as new data shows that workers want lifetime income products more than other employer resources aimed to boost ...
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SECURE 2.0: Rethinking retirement savings

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Key takeaways The age to start taking RMDs increases to age 73 in 2023 and to 75 in 2033. The penalty for failing to take an RMD will ...
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