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How Inflation Can Impact Your Retirement Plan – What You Must Know Now!

Trade Brains

That means if your retirement plan underestimates medical costs, you risk serious shortfalls. Building an Inflation-Resistant Retirement Plan Equities (30–50%) – Over the long term, equities typically beat inflation. Written by Hiten Chauhan The post How Inflation Can Impact Your Retirement Plan – What You Must Know Now!

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Cerulli: Gen X Presents the Next Great Opportunity for Financial Advisors

Wealth Management

As a result, financial advisors should start honing the services Gen X members will likely benefit from the most, including retirement planning, estate and tax planning and mortgage refinancing. Gen X, or those currently aged between 45 and 60 years, will receive nearly $13.9 trillion annually.

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Set Your Financial Goals for 2025: A Strategic Approach to Building Your Wealth

Yardley Wealth Management

Understanding the Current Economic Landscape Before diving into goal-setting, it’s crucial to acknowledge the economic environment we’re navigating. Interest rates remain a significant factor in financial planning, affecting everything from mortgage rates to investment returns.

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The Importance of Temporal Diversification

Discipline Funds

This is also what makes retirement planning so difficult – you effectively lose an asset in your portfolio when your income stops or declines. And this is why I’ve become such a big advocate of defining our durations within our financial plans. You’re temporally diversified by your income.

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Retirement Resilience: How to Stay Steady in an Unsteady Market

MainStreet Financial Planning

Retirement should bring financial freedom and peace of mind—not stress about market swings. But downturns and economic uncertainty are part of the journey. Your plan can be built to handle it. Here’s how to build resilience into your retirement plan, no matter what the markets are doing. The good news?

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Stocks vs. Bonds: Historical Returns, Risk, and the Case for Both

Darrow Wealth Management

As economic conditions and income needs change, so too will your asset allocation. Retirement planning, like any type of robust financial planning, should include stress testing your investment strategy and financial plan. After all, volatility is a when , not an if.

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Midlife Money Myths: Finances After 40

Your Richest Life

In fact, data from the American Institute for Economic Research showed that when older workers were surveyed, 82 percent reported that they successfully changed to a new career after age 45. Catch-up contributions and additional retirement savings vehicles, like IRAs, can help you increase your retirement savings.