Retirement Revealed Podcast & Blog

The average life expectancy is 30 years longer than it was a century ago. As a result, retirees now have more years to plan for. After all, an extra 30 years likely means that the end of your retirement will be a lot later than it used to be! Tune in to learn how to plan for retirement with this higher life expectancy in mind and spend your pre- and post-retirement days more efficiently and enjoyably.

Retirement today is very different from what the previous generations experienced. Lower interest rates, fewer employer pensions, new financial products… a lot of variables have changed over the years. Tune in now to discover the biggest retirement costs, shocks, and risks, and learn how you can navigate through the increasingly complex retirement landscape.

Your retirement plan is not a one-and-done solution. It is an ongoing process where you need to make key adjustments along the way. Tune in to learn how you can enhance your retirement picture through dynamic retirement planning and research-based financial decisions.

Use these year-end strategies to help your tax bill in 2021 and beyond! Drawing inspiration from an article by Kiplinger, Jeremy Keil highlights 7 year-end moves to help you lower your taxes during retirement.

Is transitioning to retirement as simple as flipping a switch? One day, you just stop working and enjoy the rest of your life, right? Well, not exactly… According to Barbara O'Neill, retirement is a combination of 35 different switches, each indicating a financial, social, or a lifestyle transition. Tune in as Dr. O’Neill discusses these transitions in more detail!

As a financial services firm in the Milwaukee area, we’ve helped several WE Energies employees reach their ideal retirement. So, we are well-versed in the key retirement considerations they need to make, plus ways to avoid common pitfalls. Tune in for the complete breakdown of WE Energies’ 2021 Retired Employee Benefits Guide.

A lot of business owners retire by selling off their business. What if we told you there’s a better way? A way to maintain your business income after retirement. A way that makes your retirement more meaningful. A way that lets you keep the business you’re so passionate about, while losing all of the stress of managing it! It’s called Half-Retirement. Jim Muehlhausen explains what it’s all about and how you can achieve it.

There are so many different options available to meet your unique care needs –– independent living, assisted living, memory care, nursing homes, and even in-home care. Our recent episode with Kris Kiefer, the owner and vice president of Castle Senior Living, discusses how each of these facilities fall on the continuum of care.

You only retire once. That’s why it’s important to build a comprehensive financial plan that will help you live comfortably…