A GPS For Your Retirement Plan

Navigate to your retirement.

Since the late 1980s, geophysicists have been building a network of hyper-advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) instruments to monitor the Earth. Nowadays, Elon Musk and SpaceX are sending hundreds of tiny satellites into orbit. With this technology, they have discovered that the Earth’s surface is constantly moving AND changing direction. By carefully observing and recording this data, it’s possible to simulate possible future changes to the Earth’s surface. Without…

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An Artistic Retirement…

Your retirement should be as abundant as this beautiful Rembrandt painting

By analyzing each of his paintings millimeter by millimeter, and creating a height map to mimic his brush strokes, scientists have produced a painting that Rembrandt could have painted himself. With powerful data analysis and computer graphics technology, the creators actually manufactured this new, real-life “Rembrandt” portrait with a 3D printer. Would Rembrandt be happy with this? Do you think he would be impressed? …we will never know. What we do know, if the time…

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Discourage ‘Paris Hilton Syndrome’: An Easy Start to Smart Inheritance Planning.

Discourage "Paris Hilton Syndrome"

If you’re like me, the unity of your family is important! Inheritances may not be everyone’s favorite subject, but planning now will yield can greatly benefit the whole family in the future. So what does Paris Hilton have to do with it? Well, we cringe when we see what Paris Hilton and others have done with their inheritance. Think about how you would feel, if she were your granddaughter and…

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What clubs will you join during retirement?

As Groucho Marx aged, his girlfriend, Erin Fleming continued to manage his affairs. Finally, as his health worsened, his family decided that they should take Marx’s decision-making matters into their own hands. The story goes that his various family members, including his son Arthur, took to the courtrooms to wrestle decision-making control from him and his girlfriend. This continued long after his death. As he aged, he lost control….

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Your retirement funds: how much are they really worth? (Are you certain?)

In the 1983 hit film, Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, Aykroyd’s character, Winthorpe, is haggling with a pawnshop owner over the value of the wristwatch he is desperately trying to pawn in order to get cash. When the pawnshop owner offers $50 dollars, Winthorpe indignantly says: “This is a Roche Vouceau. The thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, handcrafted in Switzerland,…

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Cars and Money: Similar or Different?

Back in the day, when your car was making strange noises or throwing error lights on the dashboard, your mechanic simply needed a trained eye and ear to figure out the problem. Today, a mechanic needs advanced mechanical and computer training to diagnose the issue; the engines and systems have become more complex. More often than not, your engine is now hooked up to a computer to properly diagnose…

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The Day Your Paycheck Stops

If you have ever been laid off, you know what it feels like when the paychecks stop. While retirement isn’t exactly the same, a large amount of your paychecks must come from your financial capital. This capital must last a lifetime, through up and down markets. Through good economic times, and bad ones too. Through all health conditions, healthy or sick. Reliable, predictable income in retirement provides greater peace…

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