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RETIREMENT PLANNING

Retirement Planning, Procrastination, and Safe Withdrawal Rates

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As we’ve been discussing over the last few weeks, retirement planning has been a focus of mine. I want to continue down that path and talk conceptually about something we call the journey.

When someone is climbing a mountain, the objective is usually to get to the top. But once you have attained […]

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 |2022-03-10T20:04:19+00:00March 10th, 2022|Annuities, Blog, Estate Planning, Financial Planning|0 Comments
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November is Long-Term Care Month

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At the time of this writing, it is Election Day, November 3rd, 2020. And besides being a very big day in America, it is also Long-Term Care Awareness Month.

Long-term care, to me, is a very personal thing because both my parents and my wife Donna’s parents spent time in assisted living nursing […]

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 |2020-11-24T15:50:12+00:00November 24th, 2020|Blog, Long Term Care Insurance|0 Comments
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The Pain of Discipline Versus the Pain of Regret

Today, I want to discuss with everyone two concepts that overlap. One is called The Pain of Discipline versus the Pain of Regret. The other one is Risk versus Consequences.

In 36 years of doing financial and insurance planning with many different types of people, I recognize that sometimes when we talk about risk with clients, […]

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 |2020-09-09T03:32:47+00:00September 7th, 2020|Blog, Disability Insurance, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Insurance Planning, Long Term Care Insurance|0 Comments
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Longevity Risk

{2 minutes to read}  As many of our clients are getting closer and closer to retirement, they are faced with many different types of risk. One risk is market volatility — where we constantly see wide ranges of performance in the stock market: markets going up and going down every single day by […]

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 |2019-12-04T17:53:35+00:00December 2nd, 2019|Blog, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning|0 Comments
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Retirement Planning, Procrastination, and Safe Withdrawal Rates

{3 minutes to read} As we’ve been discussing over the last few weeks, retirement planning has been a focus of mine. I want to continue down that path and talk conceptually about something we call the journey.

When someone is climbing a mountain, the objective is usually to get to […]

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 |2019-03-13T14:18:09+00:00March 11th, 2019|Blog, 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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Elder Law and Estate Planning: An Interview with Chris Petillo Part 1

{3:48 minutes to read} Today, our guest is Christopher Petillo, Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA), and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with the law firm of Feldman, Kramer & Monaco, P.C. He is an attorney whose expertise is in the areas of elder law and estate planning.

By |2016-10-20T02:27:24+00:00June 10th, 2016|Blog, Estate 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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