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Anthony Watson | Jan 20, 2022

Retirement Strategy Tips For Every Generation: How to Retire Early or With More Money in Your Pocket

Retirement Strategies
No matter your generation, retirement is a reality we all will face, whether voluntary or forced. Following are retirement strategy tips to consider at every
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Anthony Watson | Jan 6, 2022

How to Apply Dynamic Withdrawal Rules to Optimize Your Retirement Withdrawal Strategy

Retirement Strategies
We have written on the tremendous value dynamic withdrawal rules can bring to a retirement plan through the strategy’s ability to manage sequence of returns
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Anthony Watson | Dec 23, 2021

Dangers of Cryptocurrency in a Retirement Portfolio

Investment Strategies

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • Cryptocurrencies are not true investments - they lack income, intrinsic value, and an expected real rate of return.
  • Despite the hype
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Anthony Watson | Dec 9, 2021

How to Determine a Proper Asset Allocation for Retirement

Investment Strategies

Key takeaways:

  • Your retirement asset allocation should balance risk and return by aligning with your need, willingness, and ability to take risk, with risk
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Anthony Watson | Nov 19, 2021

10 Reasons Most Retirement Plans Are Overly Conservative

Retirement Strategies
Last week, Morningstar published some new research entitled “The State of Retirement Income: Safe Withdrawal Rates” that claims the old “4% rule” should be
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Anthony Watson | Oct 28, 2021

Five Factors That Can Make (or Break) Your Roth IRA Conversion Strategy

Tax Strategies

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • A Roth IRA conversion strategy creates value by lowering lifetime taxes, reducing required minimum distributions, and allowing tax-free growth.
  • Tim
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Anthony Watson | Oct 11, 2021

Estate Planning Basics For Retirees: 6 Key Documents You Should Have in Place

Retirement Strategies
While estate planning is certainly not the most joyful part of the retirement planning process, planning for what might happen if you have an unexpected health
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Anthony Watson | Oct 4, 2021

Don't Miss Your 2021 Roth IRA Conversion

Tax Strategies

A strategy of converting traditional IRA (or pre-tax 401k) balances to a Roth IRA is valuable for many.   

Current Lower Tax Rates Set to Expire at the End of

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Anthony Watson | Sep 27, 2021

Are Annuities Good or Bad?

Retirement Strategies
This one financial product generates many questions...and some controversy. Annuities - are they good or bad?
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Anthony Watson | Sep 13, 2021

How to Create a Retirement Spending Plan

Retirement Strategies
Before we get into creating a Retirement Spending Plan and share a link to the spreadsheet we use for this exercise, let’s first explore what a Retirement
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Anthony Watson | Sep 6, 2021

What is My Optimal Retirement Age?

Wellness
What is the optimal retirement age? Our retirement planning specialists guide you in the factors you should consider when asking yourself “what age should I
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Anthony Watson | Aug 30, 2021

The Best Retirement Withdrawal Strategy for Reducing Sequence of Returns Risk

Retirement Strategies

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • Managing sequence of returns risk is crucial in the “retirement red zone,” when poor market timing can drastically reduce wealth.
  • A dynamic
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