You’ve saved and invested money in a 529 plan for years to pay for your son or daughter’s college education and the college enrollment time frame is coming up in the next year. Now that you’re getting ready to enter the “529 withdrawal phase”, you’ll want to be sure to make the right decisions when taking distributions from your 529 account. Here are your top three considerations:
A personal financial review may not be near the top of anyone’s favorite fall activities, but putting effort into one right now can help you understand exactly where you stand financially, and set you up for a prosperous and less stressful New Year. Here are five simple things you should work on before the ball drops in Times Square:
You may have heard of the 4% rule for withdrawals during retirement as you approach your retirement. I would like to clarify this rule in this blog post and offer some thoughts on how to withdraw from your nest egg to make the money last for at least your lifetime.
It takes years to accumulate and grow your nest egg with disciplined saving and investing to an amount where you finally feel comfortable hanging up your spurs and starting the next phase of your life, Retirement. Now you are about to start ticking off the items on your bucket list; perhaps traveling with family to amazing destinations, pursuing your passion in music or the arts or volunteering with some non-profit organizations. Your portfolio, on the other hand, must continue to work hard for you in order to last at least your lifetime, and that can be 30 years or more.
by: Amy Ng
As you age and realize your earning potential, it’s only natural that you will add to and enhance your quality of life. Economic theories assume that humans are rational beings, yet the irrational action of spending beyond ones’ means is a very common reality. Many people see every income boost as a means of buying more stuff. Each raise at work results in a new addition to an increasingly cushy lifestyle filled with unnecessary purchases. The result is people putting off retirement. Even with plentiful salaries, the ever increasing investment in stuff leads them to constantly feeling like they don’t have enough money. Most of us have, or know others who have, experienced the allure of lifestyle inflation. Today’s post covers five things to consider when experiencing this enigma:
