The 2021 Social Security Trustee’s Report was recently released and the 2022 COLA is near finalized. What can we expect for the COLA and glean from the report? Learn the important points and key planning implications for your Social Security benefits. Continue reading
Astute investors know concentrated stock holdings are suboptimal and expose a portfolio to diversifiable risks. But simply selling regardless of tax consequences is also short-sighted. So how do they best fit into your portfolio and financial plan? Continue reading
Married couples often get unexpected benefits from working with a financial advisor. Communication is the essence of healthy relationships. Quite often meeting with an emotionally intelligent financial advisor can enhance the communication and understanding between spouses while bringing objectivity to the financial and emotional aspects of the relationship. Continue reading
What type of investor are you? Are you conservative, moderate, or aggressive? Why is this important? Take too little risk and it can be a conservative way to go broke. Take too much and you may go broke more quickly. Like the story of the Three Bears you want it just right. Continue reading
Rather than using non-measurable descriptions of risk like conservative, moderate, aggressive, your customized retirement plan needs to be the foundation to measure risk. A good retirement plan starts with carefully modeling your lifestyle goals, optimizing your income sources from Social Security and pensions, and stress-testing investments against your plan. Once this is done the three types of risk below can be more accurately discussed. Continue reading
