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Weekend Reading: 6 Ways to Help Clients Avoid Medicare's IRMAA Surcharges in Retirement

Retirees are filing for bankruptcy more today than ever before, and surging medical care costs can be partially to blame.

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Weekend Reading: Social Security Checks on Track for Their Biggest Annual Boost Since 2009

Listen up, Social Security recipients! You could soon see an increase in your monthly checks if current economic trends continue.

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Weekend Reading: Getting the Goalpost to Stop Moving

This article opens with one steadfast rule when it comes to money: “If expectations grow faster than income, you’ll never be happy with your money.”

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Weekend Reading: Your Residence is Your Retirement

Should your future living arrangements be included in your full retirement plan? Past Retire With Purpose podcast guest, Steve Parrish, seems to think so.

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Weekend Reading: Planning for Retirement Assets in Your Estate Plan

As part of our Retire With Purpose planning framework, we believe tax efficiency should act as a common thread throughout your investments, and that includes within your estate plan. Some assets make more sense to utilize in retirement, while others are better passed down to a beneficiary or charity.

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Weekend Reading: Is Buying Cryptocurrency Investing or Gambling? Here's How to Tell the Difference

A gray area exists between gambling and investing, and quite often, that is where cryptocurrency can be found.

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Weekend Reading: Quantifying the Risk-Return Tradeoff of Investing

Investing doesn’t come with a clear-cut price tag. It can often be difficult to quantify the money you pay, which can also cause you to overstate or underestimate the appropriate risk level for your financial goals and needs.

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Weekend Reading: Stable Retirement Income Is a Process, Not One and Done

One of the biggest concerns of today’s retirees is running out of money. You’re living longer, which means building an income plan that can stand the test of time should happen earlier in the planning process, ideally 10 to 15 years before you intend to retire.

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Weekend Reading: The No-Retirement Retirement: An Alternative to the Normal Path

Society’s preconceived notion that retirement means sitting on your porch, drinking lemonade, and twiddling your thumbs is beyond outdated.

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Weekend Reading: Why Today's Retirees Need to Pursue Tax-Minimization Strategies

Here’s a retirement reality check: Tax increases will affect you more today than they did for retirees in years past.

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Weekend Reading: If Inflation is Coming, Here is What to Do About It

here are two sides to the inflation headlines circulating today’s news. The Federal Reserve believes this is temporary, while others claim we’re on the verge of a major shift in history.

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Weekend Reading: Underdogs and Retirement

In the world of sports, it’s human nature for us to cheer on the underdog athlete. But what about the retirement underdog?