The Value of a Financial Advisor: Preparing for Retirement
Release Date: 06/28/2019
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Episode Highlights:
- 01:37 – Bill Bush and Pete Bush introduce the topic of planning for a confident
retirement.
- 03:17 – Social Security is typically not enough to rely on for retirement.
- 03:51 – When you get to 50 the clock towards retirement starts ticking.
- 04:47 – What is the date and amount you need for retirement?
- 06:09 – What are your retirement goals?
- 07:29 – What are the three stages that some retirements fall under?
- 08:04 – How should you go about taking out extra money earlier in retirement?
- 09:49 – How does healthcare play into retirement planning?
- 11:15 – Mortgage debt is a huge problem in retirement.
- 12:06 – Which unique factors should retirement planners prepare for?
- 13:26 – What are all the things that a financial advisor does to help clients prepare
for a confident retirement?
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3 Key Points:
- Have a dollar-specific/date-specific plan.
- The three phases of retirement generally are: checking off dream activities from your bucket list, the slowing down phase, and the older stage of not wanting to do anything.
- Runaway healthcare costs are the number reason for bankruptcy during retirement.
Tweetable Quotes:
- “A married couple that is 65, there is a one in two chance that one of them lives to be 90.” – Bill Bush.
- “It is better for people to think in terms of retiring to something instead of from something.” – Pete Bush.
- “A lot of times we are recommending going into retirement with no debt of course, going into retirement with a couple of years of cash that you can get your hands on.” – Pete Bush.
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