Money Matter$

New buffered-ETFs provide option-based insurance against market losses, while allowing you to participate in market gains to a cap - or at a reduced participation percentage.

You’ve worked hard for years and saved money along the way, but how do you take those retirement savings and turn them into retirement income that will last for 30 years or more?

While we are socially isolating, my suggestion to you is to turn off the news, and focus on how you can improve your relationships with people and things important to you. I’ll also suggest considering your relationship with money. We all know money matters, but why? Why is it important to you?

The allure of variable annuities (VAs) capture many unsuspecting adults. With a VA, you get to participate in some of the upside of the investment markets with no downside; the insurance company ‘insures’ against losses. The problem with VAs are the complexity and costs. The typical VA costs 3% annually, and has steep “surrender charges” (15% is not uncommon!). What if you could have much of the upside of the S&P 500, with downside protection, no surrender charges, and daily liquidity—all for 0.8% per year?