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What are the Risks to Retirement Income Planning?

What are the risks to Retirement Income Planning?

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® The following is an excerpt that describes some of the risks to retirement income planning. “That’s a great analogy, Uncle Wayne. I can see how it’s important to make sure you have a great plan as you transition to retirement, but […]

Six Unique Risks to Retirement Income Planning

Risks to Retirement

As part of the retirement income planning puzzle, there are several unique risks or challenges that you must account for in your planning for retirement that are different from the risks when simply saving for retirement. Unknown Time Frame – Longevity Risk: No one knows how long they will need their income to last, but […]

What are the key items to consider when reviewing your insurance needs?

insurance needs

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® As we clattered around in the kitchen, we sum­marized the major points from our discussion about insurance: 1. Many people underestimate the amount of insurance they need and/or buy the wrong kind.  For short-term needs (less than twenty years), buy term […]

What are the Two Main Types of Risks when Investing?

Risk Investing

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® There are basically two main types of risk: capital preservation risk and inflation risk. “Capital preservation risk is the risk that your capital is not there when you need it. Let’s say you were going to buy a new boat in […]