In our previous post, we discussed that when it comes to retirement planning, one way to eliminate the discomfort of what for many is a painful process is to make sure you have a plan in the first place. Most people don’t and instead focus their efforts are buying certain types of financial products. In …
I recall the story of a man walking down a country road who hears the awful sound of an animal in pain. As he nears an old shack along the dirt road, he spies an older gent on the front porch, calmly rocking in a creaky old rocking chair. Beside him his hound dog raises …
As of the end of 4th quarter 2018, the markets and everyone in them experienced a beating. The past has a way of repeating itself and it certainly did in the market last fall. The bull market enjoyed for over nine years, which was and still is extremely overbought and in desperate need of a …
Over the years of meeting with people to help them plan out their retirement strategy, you tend to see a little bit of everything. In the process, I’ve learned a few things that can benefit others. One of the things I’ve learned is that there are basically three types of retirees: Those who have a …
This is the second part of a two-part article on 401(k) Tax Mistakes In the first part of this article on 401K mistakes (here), we discussed the fact that overdoing your 401k contributions can cause you tax troubles down the retirement road. Because this is not an obvious mistake, it tends to sneak up on …
This is the first of a two-part article on 401(k) Tax Mistakes. Have you ever heard the story of the frog that was tricked into climbing into a kettle of nice, cool water by a hungry foe? Unbeknown to the comfortable frog, the kettle he was lounging in was really on a stove. Slowly but …
This is the second post of two on the Hidden Pitfalls of IRAs and 401(k)s. In our last post here, we discussed the penalties associated with withdrawing money early from either IRA’s or 401(k)’s. In this second post on this subject, we’ll talk about another aspect of these plans that creates problems. The rules-based conditions …
This is the first post of two on the Hidden Pitfalls of IRAs and 401(k)s. We hear a lot about them. In the world of retirement savings, the terms IRA and 401(k) are almost synonymous with the word retirement itself. According to ICI.org, as of the end of 2018 such accounts held over $16 trillion …
