Watch out – Your Medicare Premiums May Soar!
Posted by Posted by By Gary S. Williams, CFP®, CRPC®, AIF® and Nicholas Ibello, CFP®, AIF® on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 14:41
Originally posted on October 29, 2015
If you are a Medicare beneficiary who has your Part B premiums directly withheld from Social Security (SS), you are safe. Because if you are in this boat, you aren’t required to pay any premium increases at all next year since you legally have a safe haven. You are “held harmless” against increases since you can only experience increases in your Medicare Part B premiums up to the social security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), and there was no COLA adjustment this year!
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All I Want for Christmas is My Identity Back
Posted by Gary S. Williams, CFP®, CRPC®, AIF® and Nicholas Ibello, CFP®, AIF® on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 14:36
How Identity Thieves Turn Your Trash Into Gold
Posted by Gary S. Williams, CFP®, CRPC®, AIF® on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 12:34
Originally posted on April 15, 2016
We despise it, we ignore it, and sometimes we even respond to it. But think twice before you throw it away. I’m talking about junk mail and it can become a map of your life that leads a thief right to your bank account. Those envelopes you flip into the trash as having no value hold lots of value to identity thieves and they are not too proud to dig through your trash to get what they want.
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We Have to Talk about Medical Advance Directives
Posted by Gary S. Williams, CFP®, CRPC®, AIF® and Nicholas Ibello, CFP®, AIF® on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 12:22
Originally posted: December 23, 2015
Talking about life support, nutrition, hydration, pain medication, resuscitation in the event of a horrible injury or illness can be uncomfortable and possibly emotional, but it’s important to talk about and document your wishes with your family. Although none of us want to talk about the morbid idea of being on life support, every adult should do it.
Here are some important medical advance directives you want to have in place before a crisis.
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Investing Into your Diet and Your Future
Posted by Gary S. Williams, CFP®, CRPC®, AIF® and Nicholas Ibello, CFP®, AIF® on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 12:17
Originally posted on Thu, June 16, 2016
Last week, we met with a prospective client that has a crystal-clear retirement plan. She is currently working for the government, and in ten years she wants to retire and follow her true passion which is physical fitness. She is in her late 50s but had the energy and physique of someone in their 40s. While we talked at length about staying fit, she was meeting with us for another purpose; she wanted guidance on her retirement planning. Through this conversation, we realized how interrelated retirement planning and investing is to dieting and staying fit.
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