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Retirement & Tax Strategies for Income Protection

BY SANDY JAHNKE FEBRUARY 14, 2018 Retirement is full of possibilities. Will you travel? Pursue a new career or hobby? Volunteer in your community? Spend more time with friends ...
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Featured Retirement Taxes

Consider taxes when building your retirement income assets

As January 2018 comes to a close, the U.S. national debt exceeds $20.6 trillion and continues to increase at a very fast rate (per usdebtclock.org) . Now, I ...
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Featured Retirement

Stanford analyzed 292 retirement strategies—here’s what its experts determined is best

When you’re ready to retire, how can you be sure you’ll have enough money to last? And what’s the best way to withdraw your savings over the years? ...
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Baby Boomers are Rewriting Retirement History

Can you a remember a time when retirement didn’t exist? It wasn’t that long ago. And we might be heading that way again, because today’s “retirees” have a ...
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Advisors

Three Ways To Use Indexed Universal Life As A Way To Connect With Clients In 2018

If you’re looking to increase client engagement in 2018, you may want to consider indexed universal life (IUL). Here are three ways to discuss IUL as a tax-efficient ...
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Retirement

Impact Of The New Tax Law On Financial Planning And Retirement

Current strategies for tax optimization by asset location in after-tax, pre-tax, and tax-free (Roth) accounts are unchanged. Because of lower rates, retirement savers will have more after-tax money in ...
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Retirement

What You Could Learn About a Successful Retirement From Current Retirees

Despite all the talk of a retirement crisis — and fears of people running through their savings too quickly — a new study has found something interesting: Older ...
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Money Retirement

Is the ‘Buy-And-Hold’ Strategy Still Alive and Well?

And you’ll find almost as many that say it’s dated and overrated. Which is accurate? A lot depends on the individual investor. Simply put, buy and hold is ...
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Lifestyle

The Unfortunate Reality of Common Cold Remedies

Cold season is upon us and many of us run to the medicine cabinet for a zinc lozenge or a pack of Emergen-C. The sad truth behind these ...
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Lifestyle

Financial Resolution for 2018: Buy More Time!

When the New Year rolls around many of us focus on making financial resolutions. These goals often include things getting out of debt, saving more or negotiating a ...
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