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6 Retirement Questions Government Employees Should Be Asking
Government employees face unique financial planning considerations as they save for retirement and other goals. TSPs offer six different...

Benefits of Annuities During a Recession.
Annuities come in all sorts of flavors, but the two primary flavors are fixed annuities and variable annuities. One type of fixed annuity, t

How To Create A Steady Retirement Paycheck That Withstands Any Stock Market Condition
Annuities Grow In Popularity As Stock Market Volatility Creates a Retirement Savings Flight to Safety. Analysts say volatility in the stock

COVID-19 Creating Retirement Related Risks by Jennifer Lang Financial Services.
Pandemic of 2020 has forced 33% of workers to take a loan and/or withdrawal from qualified retirement accounts. According to Jennifer...

Jennifer Lang Financial Services To Help The Hardest-Hit Small Businesses Apply To Receive PPP Aid.
Small Business Owner Help For New Round of PPP Funding “Second Draw Loans” Available at Jennifer Lang Financial Services. In a recent...

Plan Now for a Potential Second-Round PPP Funding
The Bipartisan Emergency COVID Relief Act of 2020 has been summarized outlining $300 billion to the Small Business Administration. When...

The Tax Risk of Inheriting IRA Assets
The greatest wealth transfer in history will continue to unfold over the next 25 years, as Boomer households pass assets to their children a

Worried About Taxes Increasing? Here's a Solution.
Did you know it’s possible to retire in the zero percent tax bracket? You might be thinking, it’s too good to be true. But as long as you kn

Tax Laws Have Changed. Here's a Way to Help Your Heirs.
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act is now law. With it, comes some of the biggest changes to retirement

Retirement Planning Tips for Solo Agers
With record numbers of baby boomers retiring, many new trends are coming into the retirement landscape. Among boomers, there is one growing

6 Ways to Help You Weather Market Volatility
After we enjoyed the sweet ride of an 11-year bull market, market volatility is back in style now. Where things will go from here is anyone'

Fixed Index Annuities The “Swiss Army Knife” Of Retirement Planning
As a licensed fiduciary for over 15 years and spending most of that time with retirees, I’ve heard the same desires and concerns repeatedly:

Baby Boomers And Their Parents Both Need Support
The holidays are a time for family gatherings, and it’s a good bet that at many of them, a couple of the adult “kids” huddled together and a

Which Is More Valuable, A Lump Sum Or Pension Annuity For Life?
Is a lump sum offer from an employer a better choice than a pension annuity for life? The former provides an immediate up-front amount (say

Do You Have Enough To Retire?
Retirement isn't that complicated. You either save enough -- or you come up short. But answering the question "do I have enough money to ret

Could Annuities Be Better Than Bonds for Lifetime Income?
If you asked a hundred financial advisors about what they use to construct retirement strategies, you would surely get as many opinions as t

When It's Time to Move Your Portfolio from Growth to Income
Here are five steps to take in order to help you make the transition.

Rebalancing Your Portfolio
Smart investors take the time to separate emotion from fact. When deciding how to allocate investments, many start by taking into account th

Roth IRA vs. Life Insurance
Why are 401(k) plans, annuities, and IRAs so popular? It’s important to understand the differences between a Roth IRA and life insurance. In



















