The 7 Biggest Financial Mistakes Retirees Continue To Make

Written on August 3, 2020.

If you’re a retiree and nearing retirement you could be making these big mistakes with your money.

#1 – Investing Your money like you did when you were younger and working

#2 – Not knowing how much risk you have in your portfolio right now, therefore not knowing how much you could lose in the next stock market crash

#3 – Riding out all stock market losses, believing you’ll always receive a 10 percent rate of return from the stock market if you hang on.

#4 – Not knowing how much income you can safely take out of your assets and how long your money will last

#5 – Not knowing the total fees you pay both direct and hidden, believing you’re paying 1 percent in fees when you could be paying 3 percent or more per year.

How Much Risk Do You Really Want To Take?

Written on July 23, 2020.

We believe the risk is simply a measure of how much you could potentially lose in the next stock market crash. Since 1929 the stock market crashes an average of 40 percent, every 7 years.

So as a retiree, or pre-retiree, are you willing to lose the same 40 percent to try and earn a higher rate of return?

If you have one million dollars saved for retirement, and you suffer a 40 percent loss, you’ve just lost 400,000 dollars and you now only have 600,000 dollars left. Can you afford this type of loss if you’re not able to take the same amount of income you planned from your retirement assets?

The Reality Of Saving For Retirement

Written on July 16, 2020.

You started saving money decades ago, so you wouldn’t have to worry about money during retirement. You saved, sacrificed, and budgeted carefully so that when you retired, you’d have no more worries about your money. How has this worked out for you?

You’ve saved a lot of money, but you’ve found you worry more about your money now than you ever did before. You find yourself worrying more and more about big stock market losses.

Why Did You Start Saving Your Money Decades Ago?

Written on July 9, 2020.

The reason you first started saving money was to create a dependable income flow that would replace your paychecks and last for as long as you lived, once you retired. You saved money while you were working so you wouldn’t have to worry about money when you retired. The big problem is, you may have incorrectly been taught you have to invest your assets for growth instead of for dependable, even guaranteed, lifetime income.

Did you invest your money to watch it go up and down on a daily basis?

Safe Income Withdrawal Rates During Retirement

Written on July 2, 2020.

When you started saving for retirement, you were told you could save up a big pile of money, use the earnings for retirement income, and leave the same exact pile of money to your beneficiaries. This probably won’t happen, because the world and the financial markets have changed, along with Safe Income Withdrawal rates.

Episode 13: Let’s Talk About the Stock Market

Written on June 29, 2020.

In this episode of The Peak Financial Freedom Show, Jim and Dan take time to focus on the nuances of investing in the stock market. They discuss topics like how much of your money should be invested in the stock markets, how you can better control your investments in the markets, and why they would never tell their clients to “ride out the stock market.” They also explain the processes that they put in place to mitigate the risk in your portfolio so that you never have to feel unsafe financially as you save and invest for your future.

Do You Have a Beautiful Pie Chart Porfolio?

Written on June 26, 2020.

When you see your statements, your portfolio is graphed into a really nice looking pie chart – it’s beautiful. Your advisor said you have so many funds because you’re diversified, in order to minimize risk. You may have been led to believe that mutual funds are way safer than stocks. You have been told your beautiful pie chart will protect your assets from volatility and losses AND you’ll earn a great rate of return. And to top it off, you may have been told you are only paying a total of 1 percent in fees.

But, what if what you’ve been told about your beautiful pie chart portfolio isn’t true? How can you tell if it’s not the truth? It’s simple. If you lost 10, 15, or 20 percent in the last quarter of 2018, you probably have a lot more risk than you want. Your beautiful pie chart may not look so beautiful now, does it?

If you want to learn how to turn your beautiful pie chart into a portfolio designed to reduce your risk during large stock market losses, contact us today.

Episode 12: Your Advisor Is Not Your Friend

Written on June 22, 2020.

When it comes to building a portfolio and a retirement plan that works best for you, it’s crucial to have an advisor who is both professional and competent. While it’s important to have a good relationship with your advisor, there’s a distinct difference that Jim and Dan highlight in this episode, you want your advisor to be friendly, but you don’t want them to be your friend. Your money is yours, and you want to manage it in a way that makes it work for you and for your family, not in a way that works for your advisor.

Ride Out The Stock Market? Maybe Not As Losses Are Harder To Make Up Than You’ve Been Told.

Written on June 19, 2020.

You have been told to ride out the stock market, to stay invested, and losses will be easy to recover from. But, how much did you lose in 2000-2002 and 2007-2009 when the stock market crashed? Many people lost 50 percent.

Mathematically if you lose 50 percent you need to make a 100 percent recovery just to break even. That means if your one million dollar I-R-A loses 50 percent a 50 percent gain brings you back to only 750,000 dollars, far short of full recovery.

Your 500,000 dollar I-R-A value, after a 50 percent loss, would need a 100 percent gain to recover. That could take a long time if it happens at all.

Episode 11: Tackling the Single Greatest Retirement Fear

Written on June 15, 2020.

When it comes to retirement funds, the greatest worry is whether or not you’ll outlive your savings. Too often, people spend their whole lives working and saving for retirement, only to reach retirement and end up spending none of their money out of fear of running out. However, retirement should be about relaxing and enjoying life, not about stressing and fear.

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