by SDP Team | Jun 1, 2017 | Financial Planning
Have you been putting it off? According to the insurance industry group LIMRA and the nonprofit Life Happens, 43% of Americans have no life insurance.1 Why don’t more young adults buy life insurance? Shopping for life insurance may seem confusing, boring, or...
by SDP Team | Jun 1, 2017 | Financial Planning
Expect more volatility, but avoid letting the headlines alter your plans. Recent headlines have disturbed what was an unusually calm stock market. The political uproar in Washington may continue for weeks or months, and it could mean significant, ongoing turbulence...
by SDP Team | Jun 1, 2017 | Financial Planning
Social Security is a program that forms the financial foundation for a majority of our nation’s retired workers, and that’s not expected to change anytime soon. We’re really dependent on Social Security income, and that could be a problem Data from...
by SDP Team | May 24, 2017 | Financial Planning
Dementia, commonly referred to with the catch-all name Alzheimer’s, has reached epidemic levels in the United States. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. It’s irreversible and ultimately fatal, slowly robbing people of their memory and ability to function...
by SDP Team | Apr 14, 2017 | Financial Planning
When Fidelity Investments asked more than 1,000 pre-retirees to guess the percentage that retirement planners would recommend, 19% said 7-9% a year. (A typical recommendation might be 4%.) Additionally, another 19% of pre-retirees responding to the investment...
by SDP Team | Apr 14, 2017 | Financial Planning
Is it time to review your policy? Life insurance is hard. It’s hard to know if you have the right kind. It’s hard to know if you have enough. And it’s hard to know if you need any at all. The insurance companies have made it even harder by coming up with bewildering...
