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Your First Look At 2025 Tax Rates: Projected Brackets, Standard Deductions And More
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis in...

RetirementGuy
Sep 12, 20241 min read


Five Ways to Lower Your Risk in Retirement
It would be nice if there was an investment that could offer retirees growth potential, principal protection and complete liquidity....

RetirementGuy
Sep 12, 20241 min read


This Is How Much Social Security’s Financial Hole Could Cost Retirees a Year
A typical dual-income couple would lose $16,500 a year in benefits if the Social Security trust fund runs dry, a new report finds. The...

RetirementGuy
Sep 12, 20241 min read


What Is Infinite Banking and How To Start Being Your Own Bank (2024 Guide)
Infinite banking is the practice of overfunding a permanent life insurance policy so you can borrow against its cash value. It’s an...

RetirementGuy
Aug 29, 20241 min read


The 5 Biggest Retirement Fears for Middle-Class Workers
Many Americans dream of retirement as a time when they can stop working, travel the world, spend time with loved ones and pursue their...

RetirementGuy
Aug 29, 20241 min read


These Six Essential Items Belong On Your Retirement Planning Checklist
Most of the financial articles you read are about the importance of saving for retirement. Saving is important, but it generally isn’t...

RetirementGuy
Aug 29, 20241 min read


Prepare For Medicare’s First ‘Installment Payment Plan’: The Part D MPPP
The Inflation Reduction Act is keeping drug plan sponsors, pharmacies, Medicare educators and anyone who works with Medicare drug plans...

RetirementGuy
Aug 22, 20241 min read


8 Great Places for Snowbirds to Land
If you’re not ready to move in retirement but are weary of shoveling snow in the winter, renting or buying a home in a warm-weather state...

RetirementGuy
Aug 22, 20241 min read


Which Type of Long-Term Care Insurance Works for You?
The cost of medical care has been a decades-old debate in America. Some argue health care should be free for all, while others support a...

RetirementGuy
Aug 22, 20241 min read


4 Strategies For Retirees To Protect Against Stock Market Crashes
Are you a pre-retiree or retiree who’s nervous about the recent stock market volatility? Worried that it might be the start of a stock...

RetirementGuy
Aug 15, 20241 min read


Six of the Best Assets to Inherit
If you’re planning to leave your heirs any sort of inheritance with your estate plan, you’re already giving them a valuable financial leg...

RetirementGuy
Aug 15, 20241 min read


The 10 most affordable U.S. states for retirement in 2024: Half are in the South
If you prefer hiking the Appalachian Mountains over lounging on coastal beaches, this year’s least-expensive state to retire may be a...

RetirementGuy
Aug 15, 20241 min read


21 Best Cities to Invest in Real Estate: Prime Location
In this article, we will discuss some of the best places to invest in real estate in 2024. Despite the fluctuations in the housing market...

RetirementGuy
Aug 8, 20241 min read


Stop Doing These Things In Retirement Planning
One of my favorite reads this year has been Michael Easter's Scarcity Brain . In chapter four, "Why We Crave More,” he describes how...

RetirementGuy
Aug 8, 20241 min read


Retirees Will Pay Twice as Much as They Think for Healthcare: Fidelity
The average 65-year-old retiree can expect to spend $165,000 on healthcare in retirement. That is more than twice the $75,000 that the...

RetirementGuy
Aug 8, 20241 min read


The ‘Three-Legged Stool’ of Retirement Is Missing a Leg
Once, the tale goes, American workers relied upon a three-legged stool for their retirement income: 1) Social Security, 2) pensions, and...

RetirementGuy
Jul 31, 20241 min read


Changes in Retirement Savings Rules to Know Before Year’s End
Investors might be forgiven for not being aware of all of the provisions Congress put into the landmark retirement law it passed more...

RetirementGuy
Jul 31, 20241 min read


The 10 worst states to retire in the U.S.—No. 1 isn’t California or New York
While the best state to retire in the U.S. is also one of the smallest in the country, the worst state to retire is the largest. Alaska...

RetirementGuy
Jul 31, 20241 min read
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