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Health Savings Accounts – The Other Retirement Plan

The Chicago Financial Planner

Health savings accounts (HSA) provide another vehicle to save for retirement. Many of you have the option to enroll in high-deductible insurance plans that allow the use of a health savings account via your employer. This is a significant amount even for retirees with a retirement nest egg in excess of $1 million.

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Personal finance links: ebbs and flows

Abnormal Returns

peterlazaroff.com) Robin Powell talks retirement planning with Justin King author of "The Retirement Café Handbook: Nine Accelerators for a Successful Retirement." jamesclear.com) Maddie Burton, "Building an emergency fund and getting the right kinds of insurance are acts of extraordinary self-kindness."

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Oct 22-23)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that Congress appears poised to pass a series of changes affecting retirement planning, dubbed “SECURE ACT 2.0”, ”, by the end of the year. Social Security COLA for 2023.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (November 4-5)

Nerd's Eye View

Among other measures, the proposal would amend the current 5-part test that determines fiduciary status for retirement accounts by defining as a fiduciary act a one-time recommendation to roll funds from a company retirement plan to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), strengthen advice standards for independent insurance professionals, apply to (..)

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (July 1-2)

Nerd's Eye View

The change has led to strong pushback from some of the organization’s own members, who argue that allowing any level of commissions is a step away from NAPFA’s “fee-ONLY” roots, and will dilute the organization’s brand as being the home of fee-only advisors when they’re not purely fee-only anymore… while others (..)

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The 5 Pillars of Retirement Planning You Should Be Aware of

WiserAdvisor

Within this framework, the concept of the five pillars of retirement planning emerges as a valuable strategy. These pillars provide a comprehensive framework for building a resilient and sustainable plan. Health insurance can be instrumental in tackling the escalating costs of healthcare.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Aug 6-7)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: A study suggests that a significant number of brokers who are disciplined by FINRA are engaging in ‘regulatory arbitrage’ by moving to state-regulated insurance companies, making it more difficult for consumers to learn about their past infractions.