“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” Albert Einstein   Well, this past year may have been a step up from 2020, but we’re not quite out of the soup yet.  It’s more than reasonable that folks are feeling a little worn out by the constant…

For those of you that have accumulated employer stock within your employer-sponsored retirement plan, you have a few different options when you’re eligible to take a distribution from your plan. Often times when employees leave a company, the best course of action is to roll your company retirement plan into an IRA to continue to…

For those who have a private long term care policy in place and want to opt-out of the WA Cares Act, below are instructions on how to do so. The payroll tax officially starts on January 1st 2022 so it is critical that you opt-out before year end. Please keep in mind that once you…

“No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the future.”  – Ian H. Wilson, former GE executive Uncertainty, or risk, isn’t a bad thing.  It is simply the reality that any given situation has more than one potential outcome,…

The Social Security Administration announced today benefits will see a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 5.9%– the largest increase since 1982. To put it in perspective, the average increase over the past decade has been only 1.4%. This increases the maximum retirement benefit at full-retirement age from $3,148 per month currently ($37,764 annually) to $3,345 per…

In the planning department, many of our conversations with clients is about determining savings goals on an annual basis that will help propel them to their retirement planning goals discussed. For many clients, that starts with taking advantage of their company retirement plans and working to maximize their contributions, and then more detailed planning follows…