Navigating Retirement: A Master Class Hosted in Alpharetta, GA

TOPICS FOR RETIRING TODAY

TAX RATE RISK

• Why experts say tax rates could double

• How rising taxes may affect your retirement cash flow

• The “Catch 22” of 401k’s and IRA’s

• How lost deductions may affect your taxes in retirement

RETIREMENT INCOME PLANNING

• The three basic retirement accounts

• How to accumulate dollars in the right types of accounts for future retirement income

• What’s better for you: tax-deferred or tax-free accounts?

• How to define a “true” tax-free investment

• When should you convert to a Roth?

• How IRA’s and 401k’s cause Social Security taxation

• Strategies to reduce or eliminate taxes in retirement

MAXIMIZING SOCIAL SECURITY

• The causes of Social Security taxation

• The Social Security thresholds you need to be aware of

• The real cost of Social Security taxation

• Strategies to eliminate Social Security taxation

• Social Security maximization strategies

RETIREMENT DISTRIBUTION PITFALLS

• How the new rules on “Rate of Withdrawal” affect People Nearing Retirement

• How to ensure you won’t run out of money in retirement

• How to liquidate retirement assets in the right order

• How to eliminate “sequence of returns” risk

WHY LOSSES DURING RETIREMENT MATTER

• The impact of dramatic market loss in retirement

• Is “buy and hold” appropriate in retirement?

• How to safeguard against two types of investment risk

• How to shield your assets from stock market volatility

• Why “asset allocation” alone may not be enough

• How to truly diversify your retirement portfolio

Advisory services offered through Foundations Investment Advisors, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor.

Host or Publisher Tanner Horstmeyer