Understanding Social Security and your retirement

Social Security and Healthcare: Key Retirement Topics

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This week on the Retire With More Show we were joined by financial journalist and author Mark Miller. Mark is a retirement columnist for Reuters, Morningstar and AARP The Magazine and he is the Sunday Editor of the Chicago Sun-Times.  A nationally recognized expert on trends in retirement and aging, Mark helps bring some light to the… Continue reading

 

Merrill Chief Decides It’s Time To Work For Clients

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In any other industry you might assume that a move toward transparency and a client-centered approach would be a given. Not on Wall Street. For the stock brokers of the world, it’s borderline heresy. John Thiel, the head of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, found out just how unpopular the idea of “clients first” can be after making… Continue reading

 

Tony Robbins: What Sir Richard Branson Taught Me About Risk

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What’s a reasonable return on your investments, in your estimation? Do you think of 10% as a good outcome, maybe a little more? Not if you’re billionaire businessman Sir Richard Branson. The founder of Virgin Airlines, among many other companies, is a lifelong entrepreneur who knows a thing or two about risk and reward. Talking… Continue reading

 
Tony Robbins can help you master money in your life

Tony Robbins: Lessons Of The Money Masters

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This week on the Retire With More show we were thrilled to speak with Tony Robbins, the world’s leading authority on leadership psychology. He has coached and inspired more than 50 million people, including CEOs and billionaires, as well as millions of regular people at his live events. He’s a man Oprah has called “superhuman.” Now Tony has written a great book, for weeks… Continue reading

 

Warren Buffett: Cash Is Dangerous

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Here’s a trick question, see if you can figure it out. Of the following two investments, which one carries the lowest risk — cash or stocks? You might be tempted these days to blurt out “Stocks, of course!” Valuations certainly seem rich about now. Earnings are downbeat. Nobody seems to know what’s next with the… Continue reading

 
Good news for serious retirement savers

Charley Ellis: You Can Retire With More

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This week on the Retire With More Show we were honored to be joined by special guest Charley Ellis. At Rebalance Charley Ellis is on our Investment Committee, and he is a luminary of the investment business. He spent three decades managing Greenwich Associates, oversaw the Yale Endowment as a trustee and was Chairman of the Yale… Continue reading

 

John Bogle: Active Mutual Funds Could Disappear

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Calling active mutual funds “fat, dumb and happy” as they take in billions in pointless fees from retirement investors, Vanguard Group founder John Bogle predicts the end of the active management industry. It won’t be quick. While passive funds have been drawing away huge amounts of assets over the past few years, they remain solidly in… Continue reading

 
Retirement saving for freelancers and contractors

Retire With More Radio Show

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This week on the Retire With More Show my good friend, Harvard Business School classmate and business partner Scott Puritz joined us. Scott is Managing Director at Rebalance. One of the things he is passionate about, which he encounters quite a bit in his side of the business, is best practices among people as they… Continue reading

 
Expert claiming strategies for Social Security

Retire With More Radio Show

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This week on the Retire With More Show we were very fortunate to have none other than Mary Beth Franklin. She is the author of the book Maximizing Your Social Security Retirement Benefit, has had a successful career as a contributing editor to InvestmentNews and was a senior editor at Kiplinger’s for 13 years. As a financial… Continue reading