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Advisor Spotlight: Brandon B. Des Moines. Iowa

A Shurwest Advisor Spotlight interview with Brandon B. in Des Moines, Iowa. Brandon uses his Medicare expertise to meet new clients.   ...
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Retirement planning: Go abroad and you can live nicely on just $30,000 a year

If you’ve been racking your brain about where to retire on a budget, it might be time to think outside the U.S. A new report by International Living, ...
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Retirement planning 10 years after the financial crisis

Ten years after the start of the 2008 financial crisis, the retirement income conversation is starkly different than it once was. In fact, everything has changed, from the ...
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Baby boomers are ready to retire; their debt isn’t

Many seniors are carrying a bigger debt burden into retirement, according to this article on Nasdaq. The article cited stats from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ...
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Does Your Retirement Plan Pass the 3-Point Check-Up?

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Pamela Yellen GUEST WRITER Financial security expert   Retirement plan fees, taxes and healthcare costs are among the biggest threats to Americans’ financial security. Many workers aren’t ...
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Get Clients Started Early with Strategies to Save and Pay for College Tuition

Paying for college and saving for retirement don’t have to be mutually exclusive. To pay for my child’s college education or keep saving for retirement? For some of ...
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Shurwest Advisor Spotlight:  Neil Roback, Shurwest advisor practicing in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Neil says: “If one were to ask me to summarize my investment strategy, the answer would be “to maximize growth potential with minimum or no risk in order ...
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Research Shows Retirees With a Guaranteed Income Are Happier, Live Longer

Retirees surrounded by family and friends—and who also have a substantial check coming in every month for the rest of their lives—are much happier, and live longer according ...
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Out of reach? Why women have to save twice as much as men for retirement

Women make up about half of the U.S. workforce. We own almost 12 million businesses. A full 40% of us are the breadwinners in our households. By most metrics, we’ve come ...
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The changing face of retirement: Apartment living, active lifestyles, and rural homes

Trend forecasters rightfully focus on the housing needs of millennials when predicting the future of the U.S. real estate market. But the rising senior population, sometimes referred to as a ...
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