Archive for October 2015
Secured Retirement Radio: The Golden Decade
Blog post written by Dale Decker If you are 59 ½ up to 70 ½, you are in the Golden Decade when everything you do relative to your retirement matters. There is a long list of do’s and don’ts during this period. On Saturday’s Secured Retirement Radio Show, CFPs Joe Lucey and Derek Fautsch…
Read MorePlanning For a Ticking Tax Time Bomb in Your Golden Decade
No one likes a tax surprise. But the tax man never sleeps. If you have been saving for years so you can enjoy a cozy retirement, be careful to sleep with one eye open. Unexpected taxes can leave you with less money for living expenses than you are anticipating during your golden decade. That is…
Read MoreHave You Ever Thought of Your Social Security as Life Insurance?
A newly widowed client came to my office this month in despair. Her husband Dave had just passed away from an unexpected and sudden heart attack. She, the surviving spouse, was not currently working, opting instead to stay home to raise her son, (age 13) and step-daughter (age 17) who are both in public school.…
Read MoreSecured Retirement Radio: Blackjack
Post written by Dale Decker In the first Austin Powers movie, the lead plays blackjack with Dr. Evil’s henchman, “Number 2.” Number 2, with x-ray vision, holds a 17, and scopes the next card as a 4. He hits for a 21 saying that he likes to live…dangerously. Austin Powers in turn then stays on…
Read More