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Questions To Ask A Financial Advisor Key take-aways from Questions To Ask A Financial Advisor: Not all financial advisors are required to always act in your best interests. Over 40% of Americans mistakenly believe all financial advisors are legally required to do so....

"Are You A Fiduciary?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ077zybZfc "Are You A Fiduciary?" - Links Catch all our Mullooly Asset videos here Subscribe to the Mullooly Asset YouTube Channel Watch this episode ("Are You A Fiduciary?") on our YouTube Channel "Are You A...

Access to Private Equity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncOsplY1KkM Here are some key takeaways: 1. Private equity involves ownership of companies not publicly traded on stock exchanges, while private credit refers to non-bank lending to businesses that need funding....

Should I Convert Everything To a Roth IRA Now? Highlights: 1. The idea of a "100% Roth retirement portfolio" as a "holy grail" lacks nuance; all-or-nothing approaches are rarely optimal for retirement planning. 2. Both pre-tax and Roth accounts have different...

Buffett To Retire as CEO On May 3, 2025, Warren Buffett announced (at the end of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting) he would be stepping down as CEO of the organization.  Tom, Tim and Brendan spent some time this week discussing some topics of note about Buffett...

April Market Mayhem: Stay or Go? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtuyEBugBQo Takeaways: - If day-to-day market swings are rattling you, making you rethink retirement, or considering going back to work, you simply have too much money in the stock market. - Proper...

State Income Taxes - should we move? Thinking about moving to lower your state income taxes, or eliminate them? Do the math before you start packing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD_bzoQNqY4 Take-aways: 1. State income taxes should NOT be the primary...

4 Tax Terms For Retirees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70RJ8MvqqJ4 Key Takeaways from Tax Terms for Retirees 1. There are four important tax terms for retirees to understand: gross income, modified adjusted gross income (MAGI), taxable income, and total tax due. 2....

Key Takeaways from 2 Myths About Social Security: - No concrete changes have been made to Social Security yet. It's not prudent to alter claiming strategies based on speculation about potential future cuts. - The decision to claim Social Security is a "one-way door."...

Are Safer Investments Worth The Risk Right Now? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgrIzXFeFjo Key Take-aways: 1. Real yield (inflation-adjusted yield) is your yield minus the inflation rate, which historically averages between 1% and 2% for risk-free assets 2. The...

Stress-Test Your Plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MUzpaLMhUA Key Take-aways: - Stress-test your plan is a good way to see if you can ride through rough markets - "Capital Market" outlooks from firms like Vanguard are NOT market timing tools. But they're often...

The New Rainy Day Fund: Your 401k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7KaA04URQ Key Take-aways: 4.8% of 401k account holders took hardship withdrawals in 2024, up from 3.6% in 2023 and pre-pandemic average of about 2% Auto-enrollment in 401k plans has increased, which...

Investor Behavior Impacts Returns Here are some key takeaways from "Investor Behavior Impacts Returns" - Investor behavior (panicking, selling quickly, over-trading, etc.) tend to lead to poor returns, especially from from volatile funds - Frequent trading and...

Monte Carlo Simulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uynPO0PU_7Y Here are some key takeaways: 1. Monte Carlo simulation explained: It's a retirement planning tool that runs thousands of scenarios using inputs like withdrawal needs, investment returns, and inflation...

Longevity in Retirement: What To Expect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVseLxY0LA Here are some Key Takeaways: For a married couple aged 65 today, there's a 92% chance of at least one spouse living until age 85 if both are non-smokers. This emphasizes the need to...

401k Loans Are Bad? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv0nIVcWDlk Here are some key takeaways: - Taking 401k loans can significantly impact retirement savings due to missed opportunity costs, potentially reducing the final balance by hundreds of thousands of dollars. -...

It's OK to Spend Money in Retirement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w74wkhs9UDw Here are some key takeaways: - Even wealthy retirees fear outliving their money, struggling to transition to spend money in retirement - It's important to do personalized financial...

Price Targets for 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3nnLusk-PM Here are some key takeaways: - The S&P 500 finished 2024 at 5881, up 25%, significantly outperforming analysts' price targets - These price targets are often viewed as not very useful, as they tend...

Crystal Ball Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9kLMG8WQh0 Here are some key takeaways: - Even with advance knowledge of news headlines, predicting market movements is extremely difficult. In a study where participants were given Wall Street Journal headlines...

Sequence of Returns Impact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ov0Sgcu7o Regarding the sequence of returns, here are some key takeaways: 1. **Sequence of returns matters in retirement planning,** but it's unpredictable and out of our control. The impact of market...