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Helping Clients Grasp Abstract Retirement Income Strategies With Historical Market Visualization

Nerd's Eye View

For many financial advisors, a core part of the retirement planning process involves simulating whether the client's assets will last through retirement. Yet while these tools offer mathematical metrics, they often fall short in helping clients connect the numbers to their real lives.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

The only other years with a higher reading since 1990 were 2008 when the S&P fell 38%, and 2002, when it fell 23%. Why Jack Welch Wouldn’t Cut It Today : Bill George, a legendary CEO in his own right, says good quarterly numbers aren’t necessarily indicative of strong leadership. Wealth of Common Sense ). • Wall Street Journal ).

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50th Anniversary Of The CFP Marks: The Journey, Current State Of CFP Board, And Growing The Financial Planning Profession

Nerd's Eye View

In the mid-20th century, the first phone call for a person who needed guidance on saving or planning for retirement was likely to be to a stockbroker or a mutual fund or insurance salesperson. As a result, in 1973, a group of 35 planners became the inaugural recipients of the CFP marks.

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I Ran The Numbers And They Work!

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Looking at AQMIX on your statement kind of going nowhere for 10 years could be difficult but clearly a portfolio with the allocation in Portfolio 3 would have kept up just fine and if they had focused on the bottom line number and not the line items, it would not have been difficult. 90/40 was down 1.56% and Portfolio 3 was up 3.25%.

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A Bigger Problem Than Not Having Enough Saved For Retirement?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The Wall Street Journal ran an article titled Here's What It's Like To Retire On Almost Nothing But Social Security. He said " he was unprepared for sudden retirement, financially or otherwise." Being unprepared in his context doesn't have to just be about retirement account balances. Think about that.

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Chart of the Week: House Prices vs Rents

Discipline Funds

In fact, we’ve been vocal that this isn’t a repeat of 2008. If you adjust it for only the working age and retired population then inventory is even higher. Of course, this data is highly localized and we generally measure “inventory” by the number of units that are actually for sale.

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Everybody Needs Accountability

The Better Letter

MLB was last to the instant replay party, finally adding it to check on home runs on August 28, 2008, nine years after Frank Pulli dipped his toe into the water. ” According to long-time umpire Joe West (now retired), “[t]hree ways you can miss a call: lack of concentration, lack of positioning, lack of timing.”