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Have You Heard From Your Financial Advisor Lately
401(k) Rollovers, Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Real Estate, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes

Have You Heard From Your Financial Advisor Lately

If you're like most people within 5-7 years of retirement, you're concerned about having your life's savings eaten away by everything from stock market downturns to inflation to increasing taxes. Every day, I get questions from concerned business owners, entrepreneurs, and investors just like you. These are often people with asset portfolios decimated by market [...]

By Teresa Kuhn, JD, RFC|2021-01-30T08:50:01+00:00January 4th, 2021|401(k) Rollovers, Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Real Estate, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes|

The Fundemantals Of Retirement Have Not Changed
Annuities, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Retirement Planning, Small Business, Taxes

The Fundemantals Of Retirement Have Not Changed

Over the years of our life span, we are increasingly seeing changes occurring at a faster rate, which affects our lifestyle. Here in 2020, since the official start of Covid-19, we now have two or maybe three vaccines to combat this disease. What would normally have taken four to six years to complete has been [...]

By Ray Cessna|2020-12-14T01:01:33+00:00December 11th, 2020|Annuities, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Retirement Planning, Small Business, Taxes|

And They Lived Happily Ever After
Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes

And They Lived Happily Ever After

"Happily ever after" is typically the ending to a fairy tale. But it's more than that. It's also the way we want to retire. What does it take to have a long and happy retirement? This has been the subject of study by Ph.D.'s in countries around the world. Before I go on, how would [...]

By Mark Coker|2020-11-11T18:23:48+00:00November 10th, 2020|Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes|

Are You A Woman Worried About Money?
Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes

Are You A Woman Worried About Money?

Are you a woman who tosses and turns at night, worrying about money? Insurer Allianz surveyed women in 2019 found that 67% of female survey respondents reported worrying about their current financial situation versus 57% of males interviewed. Nearly 40% of women surveyed reported thinking about money on a daily or least weekly basis. A [...]

By Dana Trenchfield|2020-11-27T17:47:53+00:00November 3rd, 2020|Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes|

How Should You Prepare Your Finances For Life After The Presidential Election
Annuities, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes

How Should You Prepare Your Finances For Life After The Presidential Election

“Going into 2021, retirees should understand that investment-only retirement income plans are not as efficient and profitable as integrated plans that include transfer of risk through life insurance and income annuities." Jerry Yu For the first time in a while, Americans are less concerned about how the presidential race outcome will shape the future economy [...]

By Jerry Yu|2020-11-03T02:08:10+00:00November 2nd, 2020|Annuities, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes|

The Purpose Of Money Dictates Where We Invest
Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Real Estate, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes

The Purpose Of Money Dictates Where We Invest

Let me just say that all of America knows where to find Safety—CD’s, money markets, and treasury bonds. All of America knows where to find an opportunity—the stock market. However, many do not know where to find safety, an opportunity for growth, liquidity, and income on the same dollar, at the same time, with no [...]

By Ray Cessna|2020-10-27T15:06:22+00:00October 26th, 2020|Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Real Estate, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes|

Retirees Should Invest In A Fixed Indexed Annuity
Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Real Estate, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes

Retirees Should Invest In A Fixed Indexed Annuity

As people get close to their retirement years, objectives and goals must adjust from accumulation to income distribution, and portfolio investment risk must be also be addressed accordingly. There is no good reason for investors at or near retirement to have stock or bond market risk, especially in the current low-interest-rate environment. So, where can [...]

By Andrew Pravlik|2021-01-26T18:32:36+00:00October 26th, 2020|Annuities, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Real Estate, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes|

What Is An Index Strategy, How Can You Use It To Have A Safer, Prosperous Retirement?
Annuities, Annuities 101, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Retirement Planning, Taxes

What Is An Index Strategy, How Can You Use It To Have A Safer, Prosperous Retirement?

"Index investing" is a passive investment strategy used by some investors in an attempt to generate returns comparable to a broad market index. Proponents of index investing believe that it's impossible to beat the market once you take fees and taxes into account. Many people involved in index investing find index funds to be more [...]

By Thomas Brown|2020-10-19T15:09:05+00:00October 16th, 2020|Annuities, Annuities 101, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Investing, Retirement Planning, Taxes|

Annuity Payout Options: What You Need to Know
Annuities, Annuities 101, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, General Business, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes

Annuity Payout Options: What You Need to Know

"If you are preparing to purchase an annuity, you will need to decide when you want your stream of periodic payments to begin. The time when the income stream turns on is known as the "annuitization" phase. "- John Ripley There are several ways to receive payments during the annuitization phase of an annuity contract. [...]

By John Ripley|2020-10-19T23:20:16+00:00October 15th, 2020|Annuities, Annuities 101, Bonds, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, General Business, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Social Security, Taxes|

What Is A Fiduciary And How Can One Ensure You Have The Best Possible Retirement Outcomes
Annuities, Annuities 101, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Small Business, Social Security, Taxes

What Is A Fiduciary And How Can One Ensure You Have The Best Possible Retirement Outcomes

If you have been looking for a financial advisor or retirement and income specialist recently, you may have run across the term "fiduciary." Fiduciary rules have been in the news lately due to some new Department of Labor (DOL) rules which clarify which financial professionals are considered fiduciaries and which are not. In June of [...]

By Robert Cannon|2020-10-13T15:15:27+00:00October 12th, 2020|Annuities, Annuities 101, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance, Retirement Planning, Small Business, Social Security, Taxes|

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