On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 167
If they took it all out at once, it’d put them in about a 40% tax bracket. So, do the math, they’re paying close to $500,000 in taxes. That’s almost half, yeah, half of everything you’ve got.
On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 166
So, here’s the question, Brian: we certainly cannot afford to take another major hit right before we retire. Should we be taking less risk, and how do we know how much risk is right?
On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 165
A lot of people purely- are positioned for offense during their working years, their accumulation years, and that’s fine because you have time on your side. And any investment guru will tell you, well, as long as you got time on your side, you’ll be fine.
On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 164
Now you’re going to have to have the sum of money generate the income for you. But the big problem they’re going to have is they’re going to have a big liquidity event. Yeah, that big liquidity event, Rebecca, means big taxes.
On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 163
Their largest source of income is going to come from their retirement account, like a 401(k) or an IRA. And because of that, that is going to cause a multitude of problems, like paying higher taxes on their social security, having their Medicare premiums going up, right?
On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 162
We have a problem in America today, and it’s the problem is getting bigger and bigger and bigger. You’ve got more and more people that don’t have adequate savings.
On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 161
Retirement is supposed to be about freedom, right; have that peace of mind, know that when I retire, I’ll be able to pay my bills for the rest of my life. But your retirement account, we’ve learned from you, Brian, is not a paycheck. And if you confuse the two, that can sink your ship.
On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 160
The paycheck disappears, but the bills don’t. That’s the retirement storm that most people aren’t ready for.
On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 159
Ask yourself this, if the market fell 30% tomorrow, how would your current strategy hold up? And I think that’s what so many Americans worry about.
On the Money with Secure Money: Episode 158
When you look at the data, it shows that people will typically run out starting in year 15 and on, depending on what the stock market has been doing at the beginning of the retirement.