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Can You Make Your Retirement Dreams a Reality?
Lucia Capital Group Weekly

Can You Make Your Retirement Dreams a Reality?

August 20, 2020

A little while back we related some statistics that show personal spending tends to go down over the long-term course of retirement.  But for some people, usually right after they begin their retirement, their spending will actually increase – sometimes a lot.  And that makes sense, as they begin to finally do the things they always wanted to do, now that they have the time to make it happen.   Of course, when spending goes up, it may mean that you’re relying on your portfolio to supply more of the money you need to meet your expenses. This is where having a withdrawal strategy – a spending strategy – becomes crucial. If your assets are not set up with the anticipation of a market downturn, you may find yourself in a world of hurt when you withdraw those funds. Can you make your retirement dreams a reality? And what does it take to potentially see yourself through the next 30 years or more? It may be less complicated than you think.
Never Say Never, and Always Avoid Always!- Season 3: Episode 8
Managing Your Financial Future

Never Say Never, and Always Avoid Always!- Season 3: Episode 8

August 18, 2020

If you’ve ever read an article about finance or listened to a financial podcast (other than this one), you probably heard someone say that you should “never” buy a certain financial product. Or, conversely, you’ve heard that “everyone should buy XYZ financial product, no matter who they are!” These are both plainly wrong, on so many levels. The real truth is that everyone’s needs and goals are different; where one financial tool may work very well for a certain individual, it’s likely that exact same product is completely wrong for another person.  That’s why it’s important to be financially knowledgeable about what someone is recommending you should have – or shouldn’t have – in your portfolio.
How Much Money Will You Need to Spend in Retirement?
Lucia Capital Group Weekly

How Much Money Will You Need to Spend in Retirement?

August 13, 2020

Have you ever worked with one of those online retirement calculators?  You plug in certain information — like your current income and savings, your expected rate of return, maybe an inflation factor — and eventually it tells you how much money you should aim to have in your portfolio at retirement in order to give you the income you need.  Here’s the problem – they often give numbers that are far higher than you’ll actually need. If you require, say, $100,000 of income to retire at age 65, will you really need $230,000 per year 30 years later just to keep up with inflation? From our experience, as retirement goes on, spending needs (and thus your income needs) tend to go down over the long term – not up. What this means is that you may not need to have as much socked away in your portfolio as those online calculators would suggest.