Enhance Today | Enrich Tomorrow
Below, you can watch our second quarter 2024 Market Update video. In it, we discuss the following topics: Recent strong performance for US and International stocks The importance of global diversification Comparing the Nvidia AI boom to the Cisco internet…
Some problems are easily solved with a bit of reasoning, logic, or calculations. Other retirement problems, go beyond quantitative thinking. Many decisions surrounding retirement require much deeper consideration and often cause you to reevaluate your thinking of what you had…
One of the retirement questions many wrestle with is whether to take a pension or a lump sum payment. On this episode we flesh out an example from baseball: Did Bobby Bonilla Day make the right decision to take annual…
Since June 2023, when sports betting legislation was passed, I and other North Carolina residents have seen a constant stream of celebrity ads or promotions from the likes of DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, ESPNBet, and Caesars. On March 11, North Carolina…
Have you ever wondered how much of your retirement savings you may never get to spend? Retirees often struggle to transition from saving to spending. Partly due to the inherent uncertainties a retiree will face. These uncertainties create an impulse…
When considering your retirement income plan, Social Security will be one of the sources you rely on. For some, this may be all their income, while for others, it will be just part of what they will live on in…
Have you considered how your instincts influence your decision-making around retirement planning? Our natural instincts and biases create frameworks that lead our perspectives on how we think the world works. These frameworks influence our decisions surrounding our financial decisions….
Did you know the account you hold your investments in can make a meaningful difference in taxes over your investing lifetime? This is called asset location, and Vanguard has found that it can save you up to 0.60% annually in…
At Financial Symmetry, our mission is to empower our clients through thoughtful planning to enhance their ‘todays’ for enriched ‘tomorrows.’ Earlier this year, we crossed a significant milestone in our journey: surpassing $1 billion in assets under management (AUM). This…
Today we’re diving into a specific path that many retirees consider as they move away from the “corporate” world and enter their second act – starting a business. With increased life expectancy, cost of living increases, and a desire for…
