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Medicare health plan options

by The Stewardship Solution

This article is a contribution by my Medicare expert colleague, Paul Davis. He is a wealth of information and would welcome your questions. He can be contacted through his email address,paul@pdinsure.com, ,  or by phone at 818-888-0880 ____________________ Confused by Medicare health plan options?  You’re not alone. Every person I meet with or speak with has some level of confusion or misunderstanding about Medicare Health plan options. Medicare is designed for people 65 … [Read more...]

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Suspending Social Security Benefits

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Did you know that you can suspend your Social Security benefits? When can this be done, and why would anyone want to do it? Social Security benefits can be suspended or paused once an individual reaches their Full Retirement Age (FRA). After suspending benefits, they will continue to grow each year by 8% plus cost-of-living increases awarded until being reinstated.  It's important to understand that the suspension of benefits will also suspend anyone else's benefits that are tied to … [Read more...]

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Beware of lapsing life insurance policies

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If you have an older permanent life insurance contract, it's important that you review it at least every three years in order to monitor its financial health and to keep it from lapsing. Older life insurance contracts were many times designed initially based upon higher interest rate assumptions. Illustrated rates of 7% – 10% were not uncommon in the 80’s and 90’s.  Unfortunately subsequent decades have produced lower interest rates and, as a result, permanent life policies may not be … [Read more...]

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Don’t Forget Money to Replenish Your Reserves

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I recently began including another step in my financial plans. Previously, I always discussed with clients the wisdom of having 3 to 6 month’s worth of expenses in cash reserves. That is still an integral part of any financial plan. More recently, what I realized is that after ceasing work, each blueprint needs a way to replenish reserves as they get spent down due to unforeseen expenses or emergencies. In other words, we can't say that the need to save money stops at … [Read more...]

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What’s the best way to buy a car?

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What's the best way to buy a car? Everyone has their own style. Some always buy new. Some swear by buying used and keeping it until it turns into dust, then sweeping up the dust and flying on it for a few more months. Some choose to lease rather than to buy, but which is the "right" way? Over the years I think I have formed the conviction that it depends on what you value most. And I think the two commodities that are at the heart of the issue are "money" and "time and energy". Those … [Read more...]

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Being creative with your RMDs

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If you have qualified retirement accounts, unfortunately you're not going to be able to avoid Required Minimum Distributions (RMD's). We have a separate article [Click Here] that describes how these RMD amounts are calculated, but exactly how they can be taken is the subject for today. The IRS looks at qualified retirement accounts into two kinds of classifications. All company retirement plans belong in one classification and all IRA accounts belong in another classification. The IRS … [Read more...]

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Should I file for Disability Social Security?

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Are you or someone you know have the option between Disability Social Security and regular Social Security? Disability Social Security is an area that is not understood by many consumers, and even many advisors. I remember when I was a new National Social Security Advisor, I felt very inadequate to field questions related to the topic. Disability Social Security equals the amount of the individual’s Full Retirement Age (FRA) benefit. Many times this disability benefit is taken before the … [Read more...]

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Do you need life insurance in retirement?

by The Stewardship Solution

Does your need for life insurance end when you stop working?  That's a question I get often, and so it made sense to address it in our blog post today. It's common to think of life insurance as a need that replaces working income. It's certainly true that the primary spouse and even in non-working spouse have life insurance needs to replace income and/or additional expenses, but retirees have income sources that end as well. The primary being Social Security and pension. It's unavoidable … [Read more...]

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2 Types of Annuities

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I think it might be nearly impossible for consumers to keep track of the nuances of all of the different types of annuities. One of the easiest ways to distinguish them is to divide them into two categories: Annuities for accumulation only and annuities for guaranteed income benefits. Annuities can be used to accumulate money. The annuity wrapper protects all gains from being taxed. There are various investment options depending on the type of annuity. Variable annuities use mutual fund … [Read more...]

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Company 401k Plans Improving Pre-retirement Rollover Options

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If you're still working, you may or may not be familiar with a "in-service rollover". Most companies allow you to rollover your company retirement funds into a self-directed IRA even though you're still working after you have reached the age of 59 1/2. There are tremendous advantages to the self-directed IRA over the options of the company retirement plan. Company retirement plans are generally built for the accumulator, and not the pre-retiree with only years left before retirement. That … [Read more...]

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