Common Retirement Risks

Whether we like it or not, there are always going to be risks when it comes to planning for our retirement. Some risks are obvious. Some aren’t.

Here are a few key areas to pay attention to when putting your plan together:

  • Longevity: Don’t outlive your wealth and available income;
  • Market: Assess your investment strategy and make sure you are able to handle market volatility;
  • Inflation: Make sure your retirement plan adjusts for the steady rise of inflation;
  • Lifestyle: Maintaining your standard of living is important and your plan needs to support your new retirement lifestyle;
  • Long Term Care: Planning for proper extended medical care needs to be included as 7/10 Americans will use some form of Long Term Care in their lifetime;
  • Health Care: Plan for unexpected medical bills and, similar to inflation, rising medical and prescription drug costs.

Has your advisor prepared you for these risks? Do you understand how your plan works to combat these problems? If you’re unsure, a second opinion from a independent, fiduciary advisor can help give clarity and resolutions to weaknesses you didn’t see in your plan. Or, they can help give you the confidence that you are on the right track. A true fiduciary should never push or manipulate you into doing anything that’s not in your best interest.

In Coach Pete J. D’Arruda’s book 7 Baby Steps to a Ridiculously Reliable Retirement Income, he says,

For a retirement plan to be worth its salt, it should do two things. One – provide reliable income you can’t outlive – and two – cover essential expenses like healthcare and housing. Even with a conservative withdrawal strategy, an equities-based retirement fund may leave you without enough funds to last your lifetime. This is why we are seeing a trend of retirees converting their underperforming 401k retirement accounts into income annuities. The advantage of income annuities are that by using them as a portion of your retirement savings, that stream of income is guaranteed for as long as you (and in some cases, your spouse) live. In short – make sure your diversified retirement plan includes this guaranteed stream of income to cover your most essential needs.

Coach Pete, 7 Baby Steps to Ridiculously Reliable Retirement Income

Coach Pete and his team at Capital Financial are made up of fiduciaries that have your best interests in mind when looking for a retirement plan to help you reach your retirement goals. He and his team strive to help their clients take the worry out of living in retirement.

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