Breaking down the basics & what each part covers. Provided by Brad Tiche Whether your 65th birthday is on the horizon or decades away, you should understand the parts of Medicare – what they cover and where they come from. Parts A...
Read moreLife Insurance & Long Term Care Riders
Are they worthwhile alternatives to traditional LTC policies? Provided by Brad Tiche The price of long-term care insurance has really gone up. If you are a baby boomer and you have kept your eye on it for a few years, chances are you have...
Read moreAvoid These Life Insurance Missteps
Shop wisely when you look for coverage. Provided by Brad Tiche Are you about to buy life insurance? Shop carefully. Make your choice with insight from an insurance professional, as it may help you avoid some of these all-too-common missteps...
Read moreCatching Up on Retirement Saving
If you are starting at or near 50, consider these ideas. Provided by Brad Tiche Do you fear you are saving for retirement too late? Plan to address that anxiety with some positive financial moves. If you have little saved for retirement at age...
Read moreRetirement Plans for Individuals & Businesses
A look at some of the choices. Provided by Brad Tiche Households are saving too little for the future. According to one new analysis, 41% of Gen Xers and 42% of baby boomers have yet to begin saving for retirement. In a recent financial...
Read moreWhat Tax Documents Should You Keep?
Even with less itemizing, there are still tax documents you want to retain for years to come. Provided by Brad Tiche Fewer taxpayers are itemizing in the wake of federal tax reforms. You may be one of them, and you may be wondering how many...
Read moreHow Retirement Spending Changes With Time
Once away from work, your cost of living may rise before it falls. Provided by Brad Tiche New retirees sometimes worry that they are spending too much, too soon. Should they scale back? Are they at risk of outliving their money? This...
Read moreGood Reasons to Retire Later
Working longer might work out well for you. Provided by Brad Tiche Are you in your fifties and unsure if you have enough retirement savings? Then you have two basic financial choices. You could start saving and investing more of your pay than...
Read moreKeeping This Correction in Perspective
After 20 months of relative calm, this volatility needs to be taken in stride. Provided by Brad Tiche Are you upset by what is happening on Wall Street? It may help to see this pullback within a big-picture context. Corrections have become...
Read moreWhy Having a Financial Professional Matters
A good professional provides important guidance and insight through the years Provided by Brad Tiche What kind of role can a financial professional play for an investor? The answer: a very important one. While the value of such a relationship...
Read moreThink Total Return
Never touch your principal in retirement? Think again. Provided by Brad Tiche More than a century ago, an American financial archetype emerged – the household that lived on the interest earned by its investments, never touching its principal...
Read moreTax Deductions Gone in 2018
What standbys did tax reforms eliminate? Provided by Brad Tiche Are the days of itemizing over? Not quite, but now that H.R. 1 (popularly called the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act) is the law, all kinds of itemized federal tax deductions have...
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