by Eric Blake, CFP® | Jun 29, 2022 | Retirement-Featured
You know how important it is to plan for your retirement, but where do you begin? One of your first steps should be to estimate how much income you'll need to fund your retirement. That's not as easy as it sounds because retirement planning is not an exact...
by Eric Blake, CFP® | Jun 13, 2022 | Retirement-Featured
For most retirees, the largest expense in retirement will either be taxes or healthcare. In a 2021 survey, 32% of all workers reported they were either “not too” or “not at all” confident that they would have enough money to pay for their...
by Eric Blake, CFP® | Jun 1, 2022 | Retirement-Featured
by Eric Blake, CFP®You've worked hard your whole life anticipating the day you could finally retire. Congratulations — that day has arrived! But with it comes the realization that you'll need to carefully manage your assets to give them lasting...
by Eric Blake, CFP® | May 25, 2022 | Retirement-Featured
Most people worry about not having enough money for retirement. But did you also know that there is such a thing as having too much money? Too much money may not necessarily be a bad thing, but it may mean you need to worry about required minimum distributions...
by Eric Blake, CFP® | May 6, 2022 | Retirement-Featured
For those between the ages of 62 and 70, you have the opportunity to begin claiming your Social Security benefits, whether you were planning to or not. However, when you choose to start receiving your social security benefits is a decision that shouldn’t be...
by Eric Blake, CFP® | May 5, 2022 | Retirement-Featured
Retirement should be a time of relaxation and living a worry-free lifestyle. But that is not the reality for many older Americans whose retirement years turn into financial nightmares. Even if you think that you made all the right moves before your retirement,...
