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Stock Market Highs and Your Retirement

The Chicago Financial Planner

After a significant drop in March of 2020 in the wake of the pandemic, the S&P 500 has staged an amazing recovery. The index finished 2020 with a gain in excess of 18%. Do it yourself if you’re comfortable or hire a fee-only financial advisor to help you. Photo credit: Phillip Taylor PT.

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Is COVID-19 affecting your Retirement Planning? Here’s what you should do.

Yardley Wealth Management

The post Is COVID-19 affecting your Retirement Planning? Is COVID-19 affecting your Retirement Planning? Retirement Planning Financial Planning Risk. Over their lifetimes, most people have heard warnings and advice from retirement advisors about various aspects of their plans.

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Worried about your future Social Security benefits? Fleshing out current concerns and common myths.

Yardley Wealth Management

Social Security Retirement Planning . By Michael Garry Yardley Wealth Management October 26, 2020. Around 65 million Americans will receive more than $1 trillion in benefits during 2020, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Please contact us if you’d like to discuss your financial plan.

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Is Financial Planning a Pandemic Necessity?

Yardley Wealth Management

Is Financial Planning a Pandemic Necessity? Financial Planning magazine just released their annual tech survey and a corresponding article: Tech Survey 2020: Advisors losing faith in planning software. Please contact us if you’d like to discuss your financial plan. By Michael Garry Yardley Wealth Management .

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Fiduciary Papers #17: WHY THE INSURANCE LOBBY’S ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE DOL RULE ARE DISINGENUOUS

Ron A. Rhodes

The insurance lobby is against the imposition of the fiduciary standard by the DOL, as it will lower the excessive commissions often paid on the sale of Fixed Index Annuities…

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Should Pre-Retirees Take a New Look at #Retirement Income?

Yardley Wealth Management

The post Should Pre-Retirees Take a New Look at #Retirement Income? Should Pre-Retirees Take a New Look at #Retirement Income? By Michael Garry Yardley Wealth Management May 21, 2020. I recently was interviewed for an article in a national publication on retirement income, given the current market and job losses.

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What to do After Inheriting a Retirement Account from a Parent

Darrow Wealth Management

New rules for required distributions from inherited retirement accounts Starting in 2020, following the passing of the Secure Act, most beneficiaries who inherit a retirement account from a parent or relative can no longer ‘stretch’ the distributions over their lifetime by taking required minimum distributions (RMDs).