The leaves are starting to turn colors and crisp up. Mornings are crisp, and pumpkin spice is everywhere. Best of all? There are so many great fall activities to take advantage of that it can be difficult to choose between them. Make A Batch Of Apple Cider Apples? Cinnamon? Cloves? Apple cider is basically autumn …
Medicare open enrollment runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. Any changes you make to your Medicare plan will begin on Jan. 1, 2023. During open enrollment, you can switch from original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, or vice versa, or even change from one MA plan to another. You can enroll in …
All talk of money aside, have you figured out what you’ll do with your time in retirement? With retirement rates increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic, many retirees have had to figure that out earlier than planned. Before the pandemic, the retired population grew by about 1 million retirees per year. But during 2020 and 2021, …
Written By Chad Akselrad, CRPC® September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. As retirement leaders, we at Thrive are committed to providing more education and awareness on products and services that can only benefit and empower clients to act. Certain stages in life may include life insurance planning, whether it’s to protect your mortgage, replace income, …
INFLATION DATA BLOWS UP MARKET’S NARRATIVE Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 Until today, the market was self-indulging in the thought that we had reached “peak” inflation and that the Federal Reserve’s hawkishness was all smoke and mirrors. Markets reasoned that inflation would continue to decline and a Fed that appears predisposed to be dovish would …
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Warmer months are a great time to get out and enjoy “art in the park” events featuring local artists. For example, in July, Plymouth, Michigan, is hosting its 42nd annual festival with more than 400 artists who paint, sculpt and work with ceramics, jewelry, glass, woodwork, and photography. In August, the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh …
This Week In Review: July 11 – July 16 And the hits just keep on comin’ Consumer price index (CPI) and producer price index (PPI) numbers for June were released last week — and the data’s not pretty. CPI came in at a new 40-year record high of 9.1%, 50 basis points higher than in …
Written by Jeff Walker, Financial Planner: There are many risks people face before and throughout retirement. Most people understand stock market risk, healthcare risk, and inflation risk but the risk of losing wealth due to taxes is one that is often overlooked or misunderstood. Unfortunately, understanding tax risk isn’t simple or intuitive and the reality …
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