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I have been an avid sportsman all my life. I have a hard time explaining to others, or even to myself why I enjoy the pursuit of wild game. It must be partly the tradition and history of the act itself, and partly the memories of my dad and me in...

  Back in the early ‘90s, while serving as a junior naval officer, my ship deployed for a six-month journey around South America. This extensive trip was marked by a total of thirty-two ports of call around the entire continent. During that...

Recently, I visited with an investment banker on the phone who, years prior, had transacted a large business sale in my neck of the woods. He asked if I knew the family, and I said, "Yup, they just cleared Chapter 13 personal bankruptcy". Silence...

Being Different Makes a Difference St. James Park was swarming with people as we made our way on foot toward Buckingham Palace. We had been ducking and darting the growing crowd, our tour guide leading the way, when suddenly we came upon a wall...

As earnings season cycles around again, publicly traded companies will release results for the last quarter and for the year-end. Smaller, closely-held companies are busy too as many close out their tax year, fund profit-sharing plans, and put...

The disconnect reviewed last quarter between the stock market valuations and the economy remains. As we shift into 2023 and a still looming, possible recession, it is important to understand this disconnect. We finished 2022 with an overall...

Making Financial Planning Decisions as a Business Owner   Financial planning decisions do not live in a silo, so neither should the professionals helping you, as a business owner, make those decisions. These days, there are financial...

Hi everyone, my name is Jared Pestcoe and I am the Operations Manager at Schulz Wealth. I thought I would give Rob a break this week to talk a bit about the sector of the financial industry I used to be a part of that has shaped a strong belief...

  P&L: Priorities & Lifestyle Episode 37 – Retirement Planning at 55 and Up with Marcia Mantell                      Listen Now!        Marcia Mantell is a retirement business guru who helps clients...

Things seem to be backward concerning the stock market and the economy right now. The better the economic data, the worse the stock market performs. Especially when it comes to job reports and the unemployment rate. September non-farm payrolls...

I hate the word “retirement” even more as I get older and closer to it myself. Why do I hate it? The word itself does not even remotely sound like fun at all. Retire comes from Middle French retirer (“draw back”) or withdraw. Therefore,...

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Maintaining Altitude There is no one-size-fits-all plan for retirement income, but one thing I always look for when creating a retirement plan for my clients is altitude. Altitude provides time and space, and altitude, at a high enough level, is...

Have you ever thought about how the tips, tricks, and insights you share with others can have a lasting impact?  The sound advice you share with people can drastically change their lives even though it may seem so simple to you. We recently had a...

I had a new client in the office this morning whose situation lends itself perfectly to a Roth conversion. They are 53 years old and have almost 2 million dollars in 401(k) and IRA retirement account funds. All of their 401(k) and...

In working with successful clients, I’m reminded often that just maxing out your 401(k) rarely cuts it. For most of the families we work with, it takes more than just retirement plan assets to effectively retire. Why? Because your...

There are often many important questions around how to invest  money in your 401(k). For most of us, what we are able to accumulate in our 401(k) during our working lives is going to be a critical component to our retirement. Because of this, it...

In this final quarter of the year, I had the opportunity to run retirement plans on quite a few 401(k) plan participants. Whenever possible, I enjoy sitting one-on-one with employees to help them understand and formulate a retirement scenario. ...

For the last week, our local news in the DFW area has been all abuzz about problems within the DPFP (Dallas Police & Fire Pension). A great MarketWatch article came out yesterday: Dallas police and fire pension plan problems caused by extraordinary...

Consumers and practitioners alike often fall into a trap. In lieu of calculating a retirement plan, we instead rely too heavily on oversimplified rules of thumb and general advice. Rules of thumb, like saving 10% towards retirement and spending...

For many years now, the Department of Labor has been steadily attacking business as usual in the retirement plan selling business. Based upon the Pension Protection Act of 2006, final regulations were put in place in 2012 to insure full...

  More than half of retiring Americans today opt to take Social Security before their Normal Retirement Age, and less than three percent of filers wait until age 70. Many retirees must not realize Social Security benefits are approximately 75%...

Nobody has ever accused me of being a great fisherman, but when I was seven or eight I knew how to catch perch by the bucket load. I would lie down flat on the sun-warmed dock my dad had built and peek over the edge to the water just below. I had...

As a plan sponsor, many of the important administrative tasks associated with your plan’s operation happen behind the scenes with your vendors. Because of this, sometimes it’s easy to be lulled into complacency. If left unchecked the Plan can...

It has been six years now since the doors opened for 401(k) plans to allow ROTH contributions.  Most employers by now have amended their plans to allow these contributions but few employees understand the rules or even know it exists. Here’s the...