Options for retirement have expanded significantly in the last few decades. The days of golf courses in Florida are over.
Today's seniors are choosing to take advantage of exchange rates and retire abroad, using housesitting gigs to travel for free, and moving into tiny homes and RVs full-time.
As long-term health care costs continue to rise, how do you decide which is the best option for yourself or your family member? This is such an important topic to discuss with your spouse, your family members, and your financial advisor as you prepare for your later years. There are plenty of different options [...]
Are you making investment decisions with just half of your brain? Have you ever thought about how we use the term right-brain and left-brain when describing people? Let's talk about the unique functions of the right brain and left brain and then reframe financial decisions based on using both sides of our brain. We [...]
Is there another way to save and prepare for your children’s college fund? And will paying for my kids’ education affect my retirement? There are many ways to go about saving or planning ahead for your children’s college. What are your priorities? Some of your priorities will be competing priorities as you begin saving [...]
Are you afraid of running out of money during retirement? Did you know that according to the Merrill Edge Report, older Americans are more afraid of outliving their savings than they are of dying?* What would you do if you retire and outlive your money? What would your options be? Another job Live on [...]
At Goodwin Investment Advisory, we define retirement as having the option to pursue meaningful work. If you are not currently working the job you love, what would you rather be doing? Are you living out your unique, beautiful, and God-given purpose on planet earth? If not, how can you get into the business of doing that? [...]
Is there a bad time to retire? Does the market effect when you should plan your retirement date? And, more specifically, does the current economy and the predicted up and coming BEAR market mean you should hold off on your retirement plans? According to Barron’s, “It’s the worst time to retire since just before the [...]
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The financial industry is constantly evolving and changing. This past May, Congress passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, known by the acronym Secure. The SECURE Act is the first major retirement legislation since the Pension Protection Act in 2006. The House of Representatives was highly in favor of the Secure Act with a vote of 417-3.
We like to think that we know a little bit more about social security than the millennials, but there are a lot of myths floating around. Social security is something that we pay into our entire working life. We do this with the understanding that when we get older, we can stop working and keep getting paid.
