And that's really been my focus, in terms of
retirement income planning really be in a unique field that's different from traditional wealth management, or the approaches used for accumulating assets.
Not exact matches
By a ratio of three to two, women are more likely to respond that they are not very confident with and don't
really understand their
retirement income plan.
The current «
retirement plan» of choice — 401 (k)
plans —
really aren't true
retirement income plans.
First, unless you're
really sure you're going to die within the next 20 years — say, due to an already diagnosed fatal condition or life - shortening disease — I don't think it makes sense to create a
retirement income plan that assumes you'll live only into your mid-80s.
But that was never
really borne out by the evidence: The TFSA has proven to be popular with low -
income Canadians who gain no real benefit from registered
retirement savings
plans, which are geared toward people with high marginal tax rates in their prime working years wanting to defer tax into the future, when they will have a lower marginal rate.
In fact, you
really ought to be thinking more broadly about how to create a comprehensive
retirement income plan.
It can just provide a source of funds to be able to do other things that
really help in the long run with a
retirement plan, like doing Social Security, or doing things like Roth conversions, or just managing your taxes in
retirement because that's not taxable
income.
But what insurance agents
really mean when they make this point is if you put money in a tax - advantaged
retirement plan like a 401 (k) and want to take it out for a purpose other than
retirement, you might have to pay a 10 % early distribution penalty plus the
income tax that's due.