by Chris Draughon | Oct 11, 2017 | Market Commentary, What We're Reading
The past three months looked and felt pretty much like the previous three quarters, evoking memories of the famous movie, “Groundhog Day”. Seems like we wake up to the same news every day: Markets are slowly advancing and are relatively calm, the economy is on solid...
by Chris Draughon | Nov 19, 2015 | Planning tools, Retirement planning, Social security, What We're Reading
Changes to Social Security law catch experts by surprise Squirreled away in the federal budget deal passed on November 2nd was an unwelcome surprise for those approaching retirement age: changes to social security rules that effectively put an end to the...
by Chris Draughon | Sep 28, 2015 | Social security, What We're Reading
A recent survey by the Nationwide Retirement Institute found that 83% of recent retirees started taking social security before full retirement age. Most people are eligible to claim social security benefits as early as age 62. However, each year that a potential...
by Jeff Helms | Sep 9, 2015 | Retirement calculators, Retirement news, What We're Reading
Retirement — we refer to it as the “Golden Years.” We imagine retirement as the sunset of our lives, the end cap on a long life that begins with childhood, continues with our journey through the education system, and which then culminates in our career. And...
by Jeff Helms | Sep 1, 2015 | Retirement planning, Wealth Management, What We're Reading
Even the wealthy aren’t immune to worrying about retirement. That was the conclusion of a new study released by the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute, which found that less than half of people making upwards of $500,000 a year were “strongly confident”...
by Chris Draughon | Jul 30, 2015 | Social security, What We're Reading
The Social Security system has repeatedly faced crises over the years, and each time changes were made that resulted in maintaining solvency for an extended period. In 1983, President Reagan signed amendments to the SSA that gradually raised the full retirement age...
