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Today, @rethinking65 published my article on what financial advisors are missing when they plan for lifespan but not healthspan, and how to fix it.
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12 years as a U.S. Naval Aviator. Now a financial planner on a different kind of mission.
Zach Rodriguez writes for Rethinking65 on why health span belongs in every financial planning conversation.
“The best financial plan is a tragedy if the client isn’t there to enjoy it.”
Thank you for your service, Zach. 🇺🇸
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Stop ‘Using’ AI Wrong
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Deirdre Van Nest had the final quote in my article...
“Who you are, why you care, your humanity, is your greatest differentiator,” she said. “We have got to be more human than AI.”
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Brain data.
What do I need to say so they feel the message?
Stories make things more memorable.
Neural coupling.
Science behind story telling.
'Why' story should be included everywhere.
Deirdre Van Nest
@DeirdreVanNest
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Qualified Opportunity Zones can offer powerful tax benefits, particularly the potential for appreciation in a QOF investment to be excluded from federal capital gains tax after a qualifying 10-year hold. But tax benefits are the icing, not the cake.
Due diligence still comes first: the sponsor, track record, underlying investments, leverage, fees, market fundamentals and execution all need to stand on their own. My rule is simple: If I wouldn’t consider the investment without the tax benefits, I’m not interested.
I discuss QOZ 2.0 and our approach to evaluating these opportunities in my latest article for @rethinking65:
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Rethinking65 editorial director Jerilyn Klein is at the Financial Planning Association (FPA®) Summit this week.
She will be on a panel Monday on how advisors can become reporters’ go-to source, alongside Katie Balevic and George Moriarty, moderated by Alexandra Zendrian.
If you’re at the Summit, stop by and connect.
Stay up to date on the latest news for financial advisors: rethinking65.com/subscribe
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Most business owners spend decades building their company and very little time preparing to sell it.
Irwin Steinberg sold his CPA firm and shares what he learned being on the other side of the table.
Full Story: rethinking65.com/the-biggest…
#BusinessPlanning #ExitPlanning #FinancialAdvisors #Rethinking65
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At 70, Deborah Jacobs and her husband still spend months a year traveling independently through France and Southeast Asia.
Her advice on making it work as you age is worth a read.
Full Story: rethinking65.com/how-older-t…
#Retirement #Travel #FinancialPlanning #Rethinking65
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Democrats won Congress. The tax agenda is already taking shape.
Higher corporate rates. Expanded child tax credits. Capital gains changes. A 2032 Social Security deadline.
Trump’s veto limits what passes. But the direction is set.
Full story: rethinking65.com/after-the-b…
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Schwab’s fixed income team at IMPACT: yields near 25-year highs mean clients can de-risk and still meet their goals.
Collin Martin, Liz Ann Sonders, and others weigh in on bonds, TIPS, munis, and dividends.
Full story: rethinking65.com/theres-plen…
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The SEC scaled back some rules. That doesn’t mean less compliance work.
It means modernization, and modernization creates its own burden.
Jerilyn Klein at Rethinking65 from Schwab IMPACT.
Full Story: rethinking65.com/new-sec-rul…
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A couple thought they needed $140K a year in retirement. Their actual number was $118K.
The gap was $22K in gifts to adult children they had stopped thinking of as discretionary.
Mike Casey, CFP® at Rethinking65 on why expenses beat income-replacement rules every time.
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40% of investors have already changed their retirement savings ahead of the midterms.
63% of advisors say the right move is to change nothing.
Nationwide Retirement Institute data via Rethinking65.
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Maximizing Social Security and optimizing it are not the same thing.
The strategy that pays the most over a lifetime is rarely the best one.
Ash Ahluwalia at Rethinking65 explains the difference.
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Less than 1 in 5 small business owners has an exit plan.
Yet 70% to 90% of their net worth is locked in the business.
Kimberly Foss at Rethinking65 on the retirement gap advisors need to close.
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“It’s my turn now.” Kathleen Rehl on helping widows move from financial clarity to personal possibility.
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Allspring Global Investments just launched ETF share classes for three existing mutual funds, one of the first asset managers to offer this structure. Investors no longer have to choose between a mutual fund and an ETF. #FixedIncome #FinancialAdvisors
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77% of job seekers used AI in their search. 60% rewrote applications to avoid sounding like AI. 81% were rejected without ever speaking to a human.
The application used to be a front door. Now it is a dead end.
Full Story: rethinking65.com/jobseekers-…
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Most advisors respond to a difficult client with more logic. More data. A clearer explanation.
It almost never works.
Beverly Flaxington writes for @Rethinking65 on what is actually behind difficult client behavior and how to defuse it.
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#PracticeManagement #ClientRelationships #FinancialAdvisors #Rethinking65
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