8 Retirement Planning Dos and Don’ts
by Patrick Randall, Financial Advisor
Are you recently retired, or do you hope to retire in the next several years?
Why reinvent the wheel when you can learn retirement planning lessons from the millions of people before you?
What were their biggest financial planning regrets?
What were their best financial decisions?
And what would they do differently if they had a second chance?
Below are some of the biggest retirement planning dos and don’ts that we believe could benefit anyone on the doorstep of retirement…
- Don’t pay unnecessary taxes.
- Don’t rely on a one-size-fits-all strategy to file for your Social Security benefits.
- Don’t underestimate the cost of healthcare in retirement.
- Don’t forget about required minimum distributions (RMDs).
- Do create a plan to replace your paycheck in retirement.
- Do consistently update and rebalance your investment portfolio to manage risk.
- Do have a written financial game plan.
- Do create a strategy to help hedge against inflation.
These Dos and Don’ts could mean the difference between success and failure in retirement.
To learn how you could check these items off your retirement to do list, contact us at ask@shpne.com.
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