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Overall Rating: 4.3 / 5 Why Your Client’s Net Worth Isn’t Their Most Important Number! – Zac Larson Clients, and their advisors, often place too much significance on net worth to determine retirement readiness. However, your client’s retirement happiness will come from focusing on experiences, people, and places that matter to them. We can empower clients …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.4 / 5 The Internal Revenue Code (Code) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) do not prohibit the use of cryptocurrency as an investment option in a 401(k) plan. Fidelity Investments will offer participants the option to put bitcoin in their 401(k)s by the middle …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.6 / 5 Maximizing Social Security Benefits – Mary Beth Franklin Social Security benefits represent one of the few sources of guaranteed income that retirees can count on for life, and for most people, it is a key element of their retirement income plan. Deciding when and how to …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 We live in a digital world. Our entire life is becoming stored online in the cloud, but very few people understand or plan for what this means from an asset transfer, management, and ownership standpoint. What happens to your emails, passwords, photos, and websites when you …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.6 / 5 Retirement Income Using Charitable Strategies – Tiffany House There are many options to help your clients with retirement income, and charitable tools are a hot topic after the Secure 2.0 Act. In this presentation, we will explore tools that can enhance income through tax savings and …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.8 / 5 Navigating the Critical Ages of Retirement Income Planning – Heather Schreiber As people transition through their working years into retirement, identifying key planning ages along the way can be difficult for even the most well-intentioned planners. Missing opportunities to save more or to leverage little-known strategies …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.0 / 5 Confidence Counts: How Advisors Boost Retirement Readiness – Eric Ludwig Despite growing complexity in retirement planning, many Americans still approach this stage with uncertainty and anxiety. The 2023 Retirement Income Literacy Survey (RILS) reveals gaps in both knowledge and confidence among pre-retirees and retirees. These gaps …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.3 / 5 Fitting Home Equity into a Retirement Income Strategy – Wade Pfau How can reverse mortgages be used to better secure retirement? In the early days, reverse mortgages were generally treated as a last resort option after other resources were depleted, or as a way to obtain quick …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.7 / 5 Redefining the Optimal Retirement Income Strategy – David Blanchett Despite significant advances in computing power and a relatively extensive body of research on the nature of retirement, assumptions in retirement research and income planning tools have evolved only modestly over the last 30 years. Improving our …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.8 / 5 Medicare Mastery: Integration Strategies for Comprehensive Financial Planning – Ari Parker Medicare’s complex structure can have a significant impact on your client’s retirement plan. It is important for advisors to use a Three P’s method when helping clients choose between traditional Medicare and Medigap Plans, and Medicare …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.7 / 5 AI in Action: Exploring the Use of ChatGPT in Retirement Planning – Eric Ludwig The retirement planning landscape is rapidly evolving with the advent of AI technologies. While these tools, like ChatGPT, offer promising enhancements in client communication and operational efficiency, they also present challenges in …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.6 / 5 Retire with More – Tax-Advantaged Business Sales – Tiffany House We are entering the largest wealth transfer in history as the baby boomers get ready to retire and leave their legacy. Many business owners are shocked when they realize that 20%-40% of their hard-earned proceeds will …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.4 / 5 Understanding How Different Types of Annuities Work – Wade Pfau Annuities with lifetime income provisions offer risk pooling, which tends to be underappreciated as a unique source of returns that is unavailable for an investment portfolio. But there are many types of annuities in the marketplace …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.9 / 5 Helping Clients Provide for Their Child and Protect Their Retirement with Special Needs Planning – Derek Graham Parents of a child with developmental disabilities have a variety of financial implications to consider. From waivers to government benefit programs, parents need to understand how their actions (or …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.8 / 5 Grief Literacy for Financial Advisors – Kathi Balasek, MA As baby boomer women outlive their husbands, it will change who makes the financial decisions for an increasing percent of an advisor’s client base. Financial advisors who work with women and/or current widows may be ill-equipped in …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.3 / 5 How Much Can I Spend in Retirement? A Guide to Investment-Based Retirement Income Strategies – Wade Pfau How much can I spend in retirement? Dr. Pfau has conducted an in-depth study and authored a new book that focuses on sustainable spending from investment portfolios in the face …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.4 / 5 Adaptive-based Retirement Spending – Jamie Hopkins In an era of evolving financial landscapes, technological enhancements, and uncertain market conditions, traditional retirement income strategies like the 4% distribution strategy may no longer suffice. In fact, most of our planning today is too binary, focused on success and …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.3 / 5 View a short clip of this presentation on YouTube. No Portfolio is an Island – David Blanchett Gain insight into how important it is that we help our clients prepare financially for retirement by considering their total wealth, and not only their investable assets. Financial assets, …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.6 / 5 Guaranteed Income: The Forgotten Household Asset – David Blanchett Guaranteed income is the largest financial asset for most retirees, yet it’s role in a financial plan is generally quite minor, treated simply as a cash flow that can be used to fund the retirement liability. Explore …
Buy now for $29 Through the Looking Glass: Three Popular Retirement Income Philosophies – Jamie Hopkins Overall Rating: 4.4 / 5 Providing comprehensive retirement income planning services helps separate your practice from the pack, keep clients for life, and get them through retirement securely. The three most popular retirement income strategies today are 1) flooring, …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.9 / 5 Behavioral Finance: Why Do We Do the Things We Do – Michael Wilson We all know there are certain things we should do, like eat right, exercise, get plenty of sleep, etc. The same is true for retirement saving: we all know we should be saving …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.5 / 5 Maximizing Retirement Success: Beyond Assets and Liabilities – Chia-Li Chen The session is designed to equip financial advisors with advanced strategies for managing retirement asset distributions, with a special focus on clients who are pre-retirees or retirees. Dr. Chien will delve into the often-overlooked aspects of …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.5 / 5 Impact of Retirement Age Uncertainty on Retirement Outcomes – David Blanchett While encouraging planners to consider modeling early retirement to ensure clients are prepared, Blanchett’s award-winning research addresses the implications of retirement age assumptions and the impact on retirement savings for individuals who retire at earlier …
Buy now for $29 Overall Rating: 4.6 / 5 Adapting Your Communication Style for More Effective Client Relations –Joseph Tabers Good communication is the cornerstone to good client relations. There are a variety of communication styles, and understanding the differences can go a long way toward conveying important information and building trust with the people …
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