Educational Insights

Our educational insights cover a variety of topics to help you better address your financial needs and implement your financial plan, with strategies and solutions that may help you meet your financial goals.

  • Approaching Retirement: What You Should Be Doing Now

    June 2, 2023

    You’ve worked hard to save toward your retirement goal, and as it gets closer, now is the time to make some important decisions and nail down the specifics.

  • How to Start Planning Retirement Withdrawals

    Martin Schamis June 2, 2023

    Planning a retirement withdrawal strategy is a fundamental step toward replacing a traditional paycheck with a long-term retirement “paycheck.”

  • Planning for Retirement: What You Should Be Doing Now

    May 22, 2023

    While retirement may seem like a distant dream at this time, taking action now and making decisions with the future in mind can help you realize your retirement dreams when the time comes.

  • Are You Incorporating Secure Act 2.0 Provisions into Your Financial Plan?

    Ed Smith May 2, 2023

    SECURE Act 2.0 is designed not only to make it easier for employers to adopt and administer retirement plans, but also to help individuals save for retirement. There are nearly 100 provisions in this new legislation. Some of these, which are in place now or will become effective in coming years, are highlighted below.

  • Living In Retirement: Staying On Track & Making Your Assets Last

    May 2, 2023

    Congratulations—you’ve made it to retirement! As you enjoy this phase of life, maintaining your lifestyle and protecting your assets depends on decisions and actions you put in place now.

  • Take Advantage of Overlooked Retirement Plan Tax Credits

    Les Risell April 27, 2023

    Investing through a company sponsored retirement plan is a great way for employees to save for retirement, and is a valuable benefit provided by employers. There are two updated tax credits that are making this easier—and more profitable—for both the employee (participant) and the company sponsoring the plan.

  • Using Life Insurance as a Retirement Planning Tool

    Peter A. Longo April 11, 2023

    Cash value life insurance can offer you both financial security and a tax-deferred way to accumulate additional funds for retirement that can work similarly to a Roth IRA.

  • Retirement Readiness

    Jack Cintorino April 10, 2023

    While investment returns are important, cash flow is the #1 driver of a retirement plan’s sustainability. If you are approaching retirement, these steps may help you understand the risks of underestimating your retirement expenses.

  • Consider a Backdoor Roth if You Make Too Much to Contribute to a Roth IRA

    Jack Cintorino March 9, 2023

    While the tax advantages of a Roth IRA can be very enticing, the account has income limits which may exclude you from being eligible to contribute to this type of retirement savings account. But, have you considered a Backdoor Roth?

  • What You Need to Know about the Secure Act 2.0

    Ed Smith January 18, 2023

    At the end of 2022, President Biden signed into law the long-awaited SECURE Act 2.0, which builds upon the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019. Outlined here are highlights of the new bill that may impact you—both now and in the years to come.

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