Social Security is a cornerstone of retirement income for many Americans, but its role varies widely depending on your household income before retirement.
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Blog for Corporate Leaders
Would you bet your retirement on a coin flip? Almost everyone answers with a definitive "no." Yet, if you are checking your investment portfolio on a daily or weekly basis, you might be doing that very thing without realizing it.
For families able to give during their lifetimes, a clear framework helps guide how much to give and when.
The best retirement plan in the world will not work if you cannot stay with it.
The Cardinal Clarity Blog
My team regularly hears from prospects and new clients that Social Security is going to “run out.” It’s a common worry, and makes for attention grabbing headlines, but it doesn’t reflect how the system actually works.
After 15 years of talking with people about retirement, I’ve noticed that most individuals have a reasonable sense of what they spend today, but very few have thought carefully about what their expenses will look like once they leave Cardinal.
An income or net worth figure that would have felt like wild abundance to your twenty five year old self feels merely adequate to your forty five year old self.
Here's a retirement question that almost never gets discussed in financial planning meetings. Who will you be when you're not working anymore?