Perhaps the most common way that people create retirement income is through the use of systematic withdrawals from their retirement investment programs. You simply choose how much you want to withdraw, and the mutual fund company, bank, or insurance company complies with your request. Most systematic withdrawals are programmed. This means that the request is automated to make your withdrawals easy and consistent. (more…)

Annuity can be defined as a financial investment in which a person has a contract with an insurance company. Based on the contract, the person makes a single payment or series of payments. The insurer in exchange will make periodic payments to the person starting at a later time. Annuities often offer tax-deferred growth of earnings and may include a death of a beneficiary a guaranteed minimum amount. (more…)

The “ideal product,” then, may be a diversified asset allocation program. By selecting a proportion of assets from each category, you can tailor an overall portfolio retirement to suit your risk tolerance, time frame, and goals. Although there is no guarantee of performance, selecting asset classes based on your personal retirement profile may help insulate you from the worst effects of inflation, market, and interest rate risks, while positioning you for potential account growth. (more…)

Almost all people don’t really know what excessive spending may hurt them in the long run. When they are closer to retirement, they get much smarter about what things really cost them. For this “born again” financial savvy person, cost is not just the some amount of money being paid for buying things, or even any associated interest costs. The cost is really in lost of potential savings that could have been compounded into very meaningful numbers needed in retirement (more…)