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Average Retirement Income: It’s Grim, but You Can Beat It

I’m living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. — E. E. Cummings You can’t live beyond your income for ...
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Clueless About Retirement: Americans Fail Retirement Income Quiz

Sponsored by American College Of Financial Services. The new RICP® Retirement Income Literacy Survey from The American College New York Life Center for Retirement Income quizzed more than ...
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Income In Retirement

We believe that the number one issue in retirement is creating income. In retirement, having enough money to live on every month without working, and without running out ...
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Think About the 4 Pillars of Retirement Instead of Just Income

When thinking about retirement, most of us tend to focus on income. While income is important to ensuring a secure retirement, there are other factors that enter into ...
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The Importance of Estate Planning

Structuring your estate is a very important part of retirement planning. After all, you want to make sure that your legacy and final wishes are carried out, and ...
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How Long Can This Bull Market Last?

Contributor: Jeremy Kisner taken from the Surevest Insight Blog People have been asking me for the last year: “How long can this bull market last?” The answer is: ...
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Retirement Planning Can Save You Money on Taxes

Non-qualified vs. Qualified Money Non-qualified money has already been taxed, like your bank accounts, CDs or Roth IRAs. Taking money out of these accounts does not trigger income ...
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Banker-Broker vs. Fiduciary Model in Retirement

What Is a Fiduciary? A fiduciary is required by law to recommend only what is in your best financial interest, not theirs. This is very different from most ...
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Retirees Are Too Pessimistic on Their Investments—And It’s Costing Them

Growing old and cranky is a cliché that rings less true every time Jane Fonda walks on the set or Danny DeVito appears in a new movie. But ...
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Why You Shouldn’t Invest in Bonds or Bond Funds

Most bankers and brokers will tell you that bonds and bond funds are some of the safest investments that you can make as you begin to plan for ...
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