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Made More than $232k in my 401k. Most Americans are Making a Big Mistake.
Over 11 years, my total wealth output grew by $232,329 that's beyond my direct contributions of $183,202.
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Why Financial Freedom Should Be On Your Wealth Bucket List
Achieving financial freedom necessitates a Wealth Bucket List to prepare for retirement. The author emphasizes accountability, budgeting, and discipline as paths to personal finance success. Planning for retirement includes significant financial goals, a commitment to lifelong learning, and a passion for travel and service. The aim is to create a purposeful, fulfilling life post-retirement.
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How to Pay Less in Taxes in Retirement Like My Mom
Turns out, you still pay taxes in retirement. However, it’s not as much as you think. As of March 2024, the median income for Americans aged 65 and older was $50,290. That’s a median monthly income of $4,191. However, this income can vary drastically by age, race, professional, and education level. On average, a retiree can expect a tax rate of 5.7%; however, 80 percent of retired households will pay little or no income taxes (source: Center for Retirement Research of Boston College). If you made less than $90,000 per year (through your career), after the Federal standard deductions, you won’t have to pay much (if at all). For context, those…
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Using Whole Life Insurance for Retirement? Read the Fine Print
By now you likely heard of whole life insurance. If not, you are in luck. This is where you really have to read the fine print. If you ever run into an insurance advisor, producer, agent, or associate, just know that they are insurance sellers. They make a commission on the sale. That should be warning enough. Worst yet, they really don’t make that much annually (ref. ). This makes them very desperate which forces them to stretch the truth on the benefits of their services or products. Specifically, if you want to protect your hard-earned dollars, pay attention to the sleight of hand. Keep an eye out for the…
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The Main Reasons You Will End Up Broke in Retirement
Having a lot of money in retirement savings is no guarantee it will last the rest of your life. One of the worst things about my job is watching retirees make mistakes in their retirement plans. We recently met with a family that came to us after managing their finances during their lives like most families. They brought this retirement plan to us, and it showed that they had roughly $1.3M at the time of creation. Fortunately, they weren’t doing poorly by any means. They were puzzled because they were great budgeters, so the common culprit—overspending—was not the issue this time. What created such a change in their trajectory? In this article,…
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Millennials will need nearly $190,000 annually to survive 2060
Nothing erodes Wealth faster than Inflation. If the cost is $73k in 2022, it will explode to $190k by 2060. Are you making the adjustments?
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How to Avoid Falling behind Financially in Your 40s
Ever feel like you are falling behind financially? Turns out, most Americans feel the same way. New job applicants are requesting no less than $80,000 per year in entry-level roles. While most families say they need over $230,000 per year to stay afloat. Boomers are entering retirement with fewer savings than anticipated. Genx is stuck in its own sandwich generation with the likelihood of another recession. While millennials are now ages 26 to 41. Life is getting financially complicated. We are all navigating through major life transitions from the global pandemic to global reversion to the mean. All this, on top of getting married (or not), going 50/50 on expenses,…
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80% Pay Little to No Taxes in Retirement. Here’s Why
The ins and outs of tax law will be important to consider at least 5 years before you retire. Gone are the days, when you can feign ignorance about your personal finances. It's better to be active and engage in learning how it works. Even if it's for your own parents and ultimately for you in retirement.
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Parents Retiring with no money? Read This Now!
CNBC penned an Op-Ed, "What millennials, Gen Z need to succeed against the economic odds?" Well the answer is simple; parents who are financially prepared for retirement. It's estimated that each underfunded retirement plan will cost kids and caregiver upward to $3,000 per month for each aging adult. By 2050, it will get very expensive. As such, the financial griot invested special guest Ecclessiate Guerrier and brings back guest host for the day, Michael Theodore to have an honest discussion on having the financial discussion with our aging parents. We share what we've experience and learned a few things along the way. Hope you enjoy. Be warned that our guess…
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Subscribe to the Top 5 Retirement Planning YouTubers Now
With record high inflation and recession looming, retirement planning for most Americans is on the back burner yet again. Surprisingly, seventy-eight percent of Americans surveyed stated that they were either “doing OK financially” or “living comfortably” in the quarter of 2021, according to the Fed’s Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED), an annual poll of how U.S. adults are faring economically. In truth, many are struggling to keep up. Both instances can’t be right? Well Q1 2022 pulled the rug from under our feet. The rise of groceries and gas translates to an extra $5,000 of unanticipated expenses with one place to pull from, retirement savings. Either folks will…
