Nov 30, 2016 | Money Stress, Travis Maus
In working with individuals and their retirement planning over the last decade, I have come to conclude that the concept of retirement is changing. Those whose only focus has been to get to, or in some cases even avoid, retirement have found disappointment with a...
Nov 18, 2016 | Money Stress, Travis Maus
You don’t want to rely on Social Security to fund your retirement. Social Security was created as a retirement supplement which means it was designed to be in addition to your retirement savings. Despite all of the doom and gloom regarding Social Security, the program...
Nov 11, 2016 | Money Stress, Travis Maus
Do you want to make money every time you add a contribution to your retirement account regardless of what you invest in? Of course you do — we all do! — and no, this isn’t a hot stock tip or sales gimmick to get you to buy a “how-to”...
Nov 3, 2016 | Money Stress, Travis Maus
1. What is the relationship of your interest rate(s) (on personal debts) compared to your tax bracket? If you are paying only 5% interest while paying 31% income taxes, you may be better off putting money into your tax-deductible retirement account at work. If you...
Oct 27, 2016 | Travis Maus
We read all the time about how much money is recommended for a healthy retirement. Everyone seems to be an expert and the conventional wisdom of $1,000,000 seems to have recently doubled to $2,000,000. How can anyone afford to retire!? I’ve had the opportunity to work...
Oct 18, 2016 | Money Stress, Travis Maus
It’s almost time, you don’t have enough, and you aren’t going to make it. Do you give up, try harder, or just pretend it’s all going to work out? Any choice you make might be the wrong one. So what should you do? For those who have not...
