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Why Money Brings Up Such Powerful Emotions

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Tips to Tame the Fear and Anxiety You May Feel About Your Finances

The following content has been adapted from Chapter 24 of Momma’s Secret Recipe for Retirement Success, by Dan Ahmad & Jim Files.

For many people, money is scary. It produces anxiety and many other powerful emotions, too. Oftentimes, the root of fear or anxiety is that you don’t truly understand your finances. You may even blame yourself for your “lack of financial intelligence.” However, we believe that for the overwhelming majority of retirees, the confusion and lack of understanding have nothing to do with personal shortcomings. If you feel confused and don’t understand your money, it’s because you don’t have an actual plan in writing.

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Have You Had A Risk Stress Test Performed On Your Portfolio?

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You can’t suffer a big loss to your savings now you’re retired or nearing retirement, you might not make it up, and you could run out of money. Most retirees we meet with are taking far more risk than they thought and could lose twenty to fifty percent of their savings. Even if you have a diversified portfolio, you could lose a lot, so you should have a risk stress test on your portfolio. You need to know how much risk you’re taking right now before you suffer a big loss because then it would be too late.

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What is a ‘Safe’ Income Withdrawal Rate?

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It’s Crucial to Ensure You Won’t Run Out of Money in Retirement

What does the phrase “safe income withdrawal rate” mean to you? Most people would answer, “the amount of income you can withdraw from your assets without the fear of running out of income during your lifetime.” This seems cut and dried. But you have to look at what the word “safe” means to different people.

“Safe” to some people might actually mean “safer than something else,” such as you stating that you are “driving safe” because you are going 80 miles per hour while everyone else on the road is driving 90 miles per hour, but the posted speed limit is 65 miles per hour. And then, “safe” to other people might mean the chance of anything negative happening is 0%. In planning for retirement, safe better mean safe, something you can count on for sure. Safe better not mean “kind of safe.”

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Episode 13: Tackling Retirees Biggest Fear: Establishing Income in Retirement

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Once you retire, that consistent paycheck that you’ve been depending on your whole life suddenly disappears. Now is the time to look towards all of those assets that you’ve saved and turn them into a new kind of income. Finding a way to do this, and ensuring that you’ll have enough income to last your entire retirement is one of the biggest fears that retirees struggle with as they plan to retire. This week on the Peak Financial Freedom Show, Jim and Dan are here to help teach you the basics of generating income in retirement.

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Episode 12: Why Retirees Must Keep Control of Their Finances

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When having a financial advisor, it can be tempting to take a back seat with your finances. However, no matter who you have in your corner helping you, it’s still crucial for you to stay in control of your finances and what’s going on with your investments at all times. In this episode of the Peak Financial Freedom Show, Jim and Dan discuss why it’s so important that you’re steering your financial advisor and not the other way around. Nobody knows what’s best for you, your financial reality, and your future dreams as well as you do, so be sure to stay engaged and alert as to what is happening with your money.

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Episode 11: The Key to Getting Ahead in Retirement

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The best way to get to where you dream of being is to make a plan of what needs to be done in order for you to get there. Finances are no different. When it comes to getting ahead in retirement, having a comprehensive written plan that details how to get from where you’re at now to the retirement of your dreams can make all the difference. With a written plan in place, you’ll be able to better gauge your success and be more apt to hold yourself responsible, ensuring that you stay on the right path.

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Episode 10: Sometimes the Best Advice is the Hardest to Hear

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When it comes to business relationships, people have different kinds of friendships and partnerships, but what does that mean for your relationship with your advisor? Because an advisor is someone you’re depending on to help set yourself up for success in retirement, you want an advisor that you can trust and rely on. In this episode of the Peak Financial Freedom Show, Jim and Dan discuss what role your advisor should play in your life and why you may not always love the financial advice you hear. Then, later in the episode, Jim and Dan show you how creating never-ending income in retirement may not be as outlandish of a dream as you may think.

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The Golden Rule of 5% to 10%

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Protecting Yourself Against Big Portfolio Losses

Because of how painful portfolio losses can be to retirees, we created The Golden Rule Of 5% To 10%. The Golden Rule Of 5% To 10% states you should not have your assets positioned to lose more than -5% to a maximum -10% of your total portfolio, even if the stock market crashes and loses -50% or more.

If you are like many retirees, right now you may be very nervous, anxious, and worried about your money simply because you are afraid of suffering through the next big stock market crash. You are not sure how much you could lose, but you know at this time in your life, a big loss could be devastating. If your money is currently unprotected in the stock market, you should be nervous because none of us like uncertainty. Following The Golden Rule Of 5% To 10% may help decrease your worries.

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7 Rules for Business Owners to Have a Successful Retirement

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Business owners work day and night for a long time to build their business and make it successful. The business generated you a considerable amount of income every year, but, at some point, you know you’ll make an “Exit.” So the big question is how to turn the sales proceeds from your business and savings into dependable retirement monthly paychecks that will last for as long as you live so you don’t have to worry about running out of money? All you have to do is follow 7 Simple Rules.

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Episode 9: De-Worrying Your Finances in Retirement

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Managing finances and planning for retirement can take a big mental toll on you. It’s normal to feel stressed, anxious, so scared about your investments, your savings, and whether or not you’ll have enough money to last your entire retirement. This week, Jim and Dan talk about how having a financial advisor you can trust and a smart financial plan in place can help you combat the fears you have about finances and enter retirement with confidence.

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