By analyzing your needs, recommending suitable products for accumulating and distributing income, also implementing strategies to meet your objectives, an advisor can help you achieve a comfortable retirement. Tune in as Tim Stearns shares with you the important steps needed for a successful retirement.

Not understanding your investment choices is just one mistake you can make when it comes to your 401(K). Listen as Tim Stearns discusses fifty 401(K) mistakes on this week’s episode of Protect and Grow.

There seem to be at least two schools of thought about this question. Tune in as Tim Stearns reviews some of the implications of this decision and the effects it will have on the duration of your retirement and beyond.

Once our money is in savings, we want it to work. But what is its job description? Money can really only do four things. It can 1 - Grow, 2 - Be Safe, 3 - Be Liquid, and 4 - Provide Income. Don’t be caught off guard in retirement. Tune in as Tim Stearns helps you to close your income gap.

Don’t do it alone. A financial professional can play many roles in helping you build a retirement income strategy. They can help you evaluate product options and build a strong strategy based on your needs and wants. Tune in to this show as Tim Stearns guides you to a more comfortable retirement. 

 Big Events: These are the moments in your life you may see the need for a financial professional. Tune in to this show as Tim Stearns helps you navigate to a more comfortable retirement.

Everyday, retirement is a little closer. Additionally, sometimes life events can impact our investment goals and time horizon. Over time, our allocation should naturally change with our individual timeline and anticipated retirement date. If life events force us to alter our timeline more dramatically, our investment allocation should reflect this as well. Tune in as Tim Stearns helps you to prepare more for your retirement.

Tune in this week as Tim Stearns discusses shifting retirement timelines. Over the past year and a half we have had huge shifts in our working environment that has made many reconsider their timeline for retirement. How do planners help savers and investors understand if their retirement goals are realistic?

What is your plan for financial independence? Do you intend to work a life’s career only to end up moving in with your adult children? This might sound extreme but, this is reality! Realize these are real issues that many retirees and pre-retirees not only fear, they face today. Tune in as Tim Stearns addresses these core issues and many more we may face during retirement.

Defining your budget is just one of many steps when preparing for retirement. Knowing what your expenses will be in retirement will help you readjust your budget once you no longer receive a paycheck. Listen as Tim Stearns discusses 10 steps to help prepare for retirement on this week’s episode.