Keen On Retirement™

When working with a financial advisor, how do you know whose best interest they are putting first–yours or theirs? If the advisor is required to put your best interests first, then they are operating under what’s called the fiduciary standard. If they are legally able to put their own interests before yours, then they are operating under a less stringent standard called the suitability standard.

One piece of advice we give our clients at Keen Wealth Advisors is to make a financial plan that attempts to minimize surprises in retirement. Without a plan, many retirees get their first big surprise in the second week of April. And it’s not a fun surprise: when you stop receiving a paycheck and start living off your assets and investments, your tax filings can change dramatically.

On today’s show, we tackle this and other common retirement questions submitted by you, our clients and listeners. We do our best to provide expert analysis on the challenges and opportunities facing retirees.

At Keen Wealth Advisors, we believe that long-term financial success requires a focus on two distinct areas: First, crafting a financial plan specifically tailored to your needs, abilities, and hopes for the future; and second, choosing the right investments to fund the plan.

On today’s show, we try to sort out the facts from the what-ifs, and make some considered observations about what President Trump may mean for taxes. Which proposed reforms are most likely to become law? Will there be a compromise with the Democrats? And what should you be doing to prepare yourself and your money for the next four years?

Ah, retirement. Most everyone who isn’t retired dreams of one day being able to hang it up. But executing on it when the time is right isn’t as easy as it sounds. Whether you have been retired for a number of years or you are just now on the glide slope, there is much more than just money issues to contend with.