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Retirement Planning

Long-Term Care Insurance Update

{4 minutes to read}  Today, I would like to discuss, and update you, on the long-term care insurance market. Once again, as longevity risk and low-interest rates are continuing to put pressure on insurance companies, we’re seeing more increases. Companies are going back to their existing long-term care policyholders and raising […]

Michael Fliegelman, CLU, ChFC, AEP, CLTC, RFC Founder / President, Strategic Wealth Advisors Network (631) 262-9254 Connect with me Follow me on Michael@SWANWealth.com www.SWANWealth.com Please note that the information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. Always confer with your CPA prior to attempting to take any tax deduction. Michael Fliegelman is not a CPA, nor should the contained be considered tax “advice”.

By |2019-02-26T22:47:44+00:00February 5th, 2019|Blog, Long Term Care Insurance, Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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The Retirement Savings Dilemma

{1 minute to read}  Today I want to introduce everyone to a video, The Retirement Savings Dilemma. It outlines strategies and philosophies to help you achieve your retirement income.

Years ago many people had pensions that gave them income for life but over the last 10-20 years, those types of pensions have disappeared. Because of this, […]

Michael Fliegelman, CLU, ChFC, AEP, CLTC, RFC Founder / President, Strategic Wealth Advisors Network (631) 262-9254 Connect with me Follow me on Michael@SWANWealth.com www.SWANWealth.com Please note that the information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. Always confer with your CPA prior to attempting to take any tax deduction. Michael Fliegelman is not a CPA, nor should the contained be considered tax “advice”.

By |2019-01-23T17:48:43+00:00January 23rd, 2019|Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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Retirement Income Planning

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Today, we’re going to talk about retirement income planning and what we call sequence of events risk.

Most people accumulate wealth in their retirement plans where their money is invested in securities, which are usually made up of stocks and bonds. At retirement, they use these accounts to generate retirement income.

One […]

Michael Fliegelman, CLU, ChFC, AEP, CLTC, RFC Founder / President, Strategic Wealth Advisors Network (631) 262-9254 Connect with me Follow me on Michael@SWANWealth.com www.SWANWealth.com Please note that the information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. Always confer with your CPA prior to attempting to take any tax deduction. Michael Fliegelman is not a CPA, nor should the contained be considered tax “advice”.

By |2019-01-09T17:53:44+00:00January 9th, 2019|Blog, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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Changes that May Affect Your Retirement and Estate Planning

“There is nothing permanent except change.” -Heraclitus

{4:48 minutes to read}  As with everything else, the government is always changing things. Part of good financial estate and retirement planning is having plans that work under every circumstance.

Recently, a new tax law was signed and the estate tax laws have once again been changed. I […]

Michael Fliegelman, CLU, ChFC, AEP, CLTC, RFC Founder / President, Strategic Wealth Advisors Network (631) 262-9254 Connect with me Follow me on Michael@SWANWealth.com www.SWANWealth.com Please note that the information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. Always confer with your CPA prior to attempting to take any tax deduction. Michael Fliegelman is not a CPA, nor should the contained be considered tax “advice”.

By |2019-02-12T21:48:16+00:00December 13th, 2018|Blog, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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Retirement Planning: The Method versus the Objective

{3:54 minutes to read}  If I could just get a guaranteed income for life of $10,000 per month, boy, would I ever be on easy street. Life would be grand. No worries, no stress, no fear of big market swings. If I could just get one of those old-time pensions where they guarantee me income […]

Michael Fliegelman, CLU, ChFC, AEP, CLTC, RFC Founder / President, Strategic Wealth Advisors Network (631) 262-9254 Connect with me Follow me on Michael@SWANWealth.com www.SWANWealth.com Please note that the information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. Always confer with your CPA prior to attempting to take any tax deduction. Michael Fliegelman is not a CPA, nor should the contained be considered tax “advice”.

By |2018-11-29T02:56:11+00:00November 28th, 2018|Annuities, Blog, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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Does Your Retirement Portfolio Include a Volatility Buffer?

{4 minutes to read}  So what exactly is a volatility buffer? A volatility buffer is a way for you to create an alternate asset class in your retirement portfolio that will allow you to avoid some of the problems of what is known as sequence of events risk. Sequence of events risk is, for instance, […]

Michael Fliegelman, CLU, ChFC, AEP, CLTC, RFC Founder / President, Strategic Wealth Advisors Network (631) 262-9254 Connect with me Follow me on Michael@SWANWealth.com www.SWANWealth.com Please note that the information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. Always confer with your CPA prior to attempting to take any tax deduction. Michael Fliegelman is not a CPA, nor should the contained be considered tax “advice”.

By |2018-11-14T17:55:05+00:00November 14th, 2018|Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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Reverse Mortgages – An Interview With Warren Goldberg, Part 2

{5:30 minutes to read} In Part 1 [LINK] of our interview with Warren Goldberg, we discuss some of the misconceptions that people have about reverse mortgages. In Part 2, we will go into more depth about the rules surrounding reverse mortgages, such as who can get one, age minimums, and how borrowers can benefit.

By |2016-10-20T02:24:36+00:00July 19th, 2016|Blog, Estate Planning, Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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Elder Law and Estate Planning: An Interview with Chris Petillo Part 2

{3:48 minutes to read} In Part 2 of our conversation with Chris Petillo, Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with the law firm of Feldman, Kramer & Monaco, P.C, we concentrate on Medicaid and a little-known way to boost your retirement funds using your health savings account:

By |2016-10-20T02:26:08+00:00July 6th, 2016|Blog, Estate Planning, Long Term Care Insurance, Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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Reverse Mortgages – An Interview with Warren Goldberg, Part 1

{3:48 minutes to read} Today we are speaking with Mr. Warren Goldberg, from Mortgage Wealth Advisors in Plainview, New York. Continuing the theme from last month, we're going to be talking about retirement and distribution planning.

By |2016-10-20T02:26:40+00:00June 16th, 2016|Blog, Estate Planning, Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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Healthcare and Retirement Planning; an Interview with Peter Stahl Part 2

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In Part 1 of my interview with Peter Stahl, an expert on healthcare and financial planning, and author of the book, Top of the First – The Convergence of Healthcare and Financial Planning, we talked about what should be on the checklist to best prepare for retirement.

As our interview continued, […]

Michael Fliegelman, CLU, ChFC, AEP, CLTC, RFC Founder / President, Strategic Wealth Advisors Network (631) 262-9254 Connect with me Follow me on Michael@SWANWealth.com www.SWANWealth.com Please note that the information being provided is strictly as a courtesy. Always confer with your CPA prior to attempting to take any tax deduction. Michael Fliegelman is not a CPA, nor should the contained be considered tax “advice”.

By |2016-10-20T02:27:54+00:00May 18th, 2016|Blog, Retirement Planning|0 Comments
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