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DoL’s Retirement Security Rule & PTE 2020-02 Amendment: What Advisers Need to Know Now About Giving Rollover Advice After Sept 23, 2024

Nerd's Eye View

On April 25, 2024, the Department of Labor (DoL) issued the final version of its Retirement Security Rule (the "Final Rule"), which imposes an ERISA fiduciary standard "that applies uniformly to all investments that retirement investors may make with respect to their retirement accounts ".

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What if Dunning Kruger Explains Everything?

The Big Picture

Recall last week , we were discussing thinking about the impact of retiring Baby Boomers on the equity markets and of rising rates on housing. The demographic question touches on a big issue: $6 trillion dollars in 650,000 (401k) retirement plans held by 10s of millions of Americans.

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Personal finance links: closing out the year

Abnormal Returns

(podcasts.apple.com) Retirement How to find a new you in retirement. ofdollarsanddata.com) What's changing for retirement accounts in 2024. morningstar.com) Why it's so hard to stay retired when you retire early. savantwealth.com) The IRS is extending an olive branch to taxpayers who owe money from 2020-2021.

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Stock Market Highs and Your Retirement

The Chicago Financial Planner

After a significant drop in March of 2020 in the wake of the pandemic, the S&P 500 has staged an amazing recovery. The index finished 2020 with a gain in excess of 18%. As someone saving for retirement , what should you do now? Approaching retirement and want another opinion on where you stand? Review and rebalance

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The 2024 Kenneth Black Jr. Leadership Award Winner Is Mike McGlothlin

NAIFA Advisor Today

Mike McGlothlin , CFP, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF, NSSA, Executive Vice President, Retirement, at Ash Brokerage , is the 2024 recipient of the Kenneth Black Jr. McGlothlin served on the Society of FSP National Executive Committee from 2018 to 2021 and was National President in 2020-2021. Leadership Award.

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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

When you get it wrong, it crushes your retirement plans. My own track record at making big calls is pretty damned good, but none of our clients wants me slinging around their retirement monies based on my gut instinct. But when they get market timing wrong, they lose subscribers. I sure as hell don’t want to either.

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Question #4 for 2023: What will the participation rate be in December 2023?

Calculated Risk

in February 2020, and up from the pandemic low of 60.1% in April 2020. In April 2020, 8.15 We know population growth has been weak over the last several years, and that the baby boom generation is now retiring in large numbers. Blue is the employment population ratio). By December 2022, the labor force was about 0.5

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