A Common Mistake Retirees Make

Brian Fricke, CFP®Retirement

Building a retirement nest egg while you’re still working is entirely different than investing for retirement income after you have retired. Here’s a common mistake new retirees make…

The Big Retirement Income Strategy Risk

Brian Fricke, CFP®Retirement, Retirement Planning

What’s the best retirement income strategy for you? In this video, Brian runs through an example of 3 brothers who have the same strategy of consistent withdrawals and the same initial investment. Each brother retires in a different year, how much do their final nest egg totals differ? This example shows how sequence return risk had an affect on each … Read More

Secrets to an epic retirement

Brian Fricke, CFP®Retirement

I recently saw a presentation from an author who doesn’t think much about traditional retirement. He thinks it’s outdated and could actually do more harm than good! Here’s my notes on his idea of what it takes create what he calls an epic retirement: