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Aug52024

Will Moving in Retirement Actually Save You Money?

Retirement Savings, UncategorizedBy Kristi SullivanAugust 5, 2024

Thanks to alert reader and all around supportive husband Sean Sullivan for showing me this graphic from Visual Capitalist illustrating how much income it takes to live comfortably in each state.     This is helpful in my business, because…

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Jul292024

Be a Genius About What Your Kid Needs in College

College PlanningBy Kristi SullivanJuly 29, 2024

It’s looming!  Around the country, freshman dorm move-in date is coming up in 2 weeks.  Let’s all join hands and NOT spend as much as a semester’s tuition on stuff for our kids’ dorm rooms. Now, I realize that some…

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Jul222024

3 Funny Memes About the Stock Market

Fun StuffBy Kristi SullivanJuly 22, 2024

Do we have to be serious all the time about investments?  Here’s hoping that even when stocks and bonds go down, a sense of humor can keep us from making emotional trading mistakes.            

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Jul152024

Roth Conversions: Critically Important or Financial Noise?

Financial Education, Retirement SavingsBy Kristi SullivanJuly 15, 2024

I’ll make this quick: Roth Conversions for people entering retirement are often not the best idea, despite what you read in (numerous, unending, relentless) articles in financial media. Yes, some of you may have outsized buckets of tax-deferred money, which…

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Jul82024

Part 2 – Explaining the Difficulty of Using Probability of Success to Apply to Your Spending

Financial Education, Retirement SavingsBy Kristi SullivanJuly 8, 2024

Waaayyyy back in the day, when I worked for a large discount brokerage that shall remain unnamed, but was headquartered in Boston, and still shall remain unnamed, management introduced a groundbreaking new software called the Retirement Income Planner. The irony…

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Jul12024

Monte Carlo Simulations Explained – and Debunked (?)

Financial Education, Investment EducationBy Kristi SullivanJuly 1, 2024

Have you ever wondered why your financial advisor describes your retirement readiness in terms of a known gambling mecca?  Is he or she so uncertain of their advice, that they are actually saying it’s all just a crap shoot? It…

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