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Inflation and Long-term Care Planning

Inflation can present a challenge in retirement, when you consider that the price of bread went from 50 cents a loaf in 1980 to an average cost of $2.54 today… a more than 200% increase in 40 years. It’s reasonable to assume that the cost of Long Term Care will

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How Are Your Social Security Benefits Calculated?

We all think we know the basics about Social Security, but do we really understand how much your benefits can vary? Your full retirement age is generally between 66 and 67, depending on the year you were born. Your monthly benefit, often referred to as your Primary Insurance Amount (PIA),

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Long-Term Care Planning for Couples

Did you know that someone turning 65 has about a 70% chance of needing long-term care services during their lifetime? Unfortunately, the story doesn’t end there. About 20% of that group could need care for five years or more. If you’re a couple age 65 or older, you now face

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Take Better Control of your Risk Tolerance

Understand the Potential Rates of Return and Volatility for your Risk Tolerance If you have ever researched investing, you have probably come across the concept of risk tolerance. In fact, you may even have taken some version of a risk survey. The concept usually revolves around how much risk or volatility

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Sequence of Returns over a 20 year portfolio

Understanding sequence of returns risk is one of the core concepts that affects retirement theory, yet it is so rarely talked about. We talk about how retirees should diversify their ortfolios, adopt the 4% rule, have non-correlating asset classes, or just have a plan for when the market goes down.

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