Ben Kunes

Safe Money Retirement Group

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Six Common Designations Used By Advisors And Agents

March 23, 2022

Six Common Designations Used By Advisors And AgentsChoosing a member of your financial team is a ...

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What is Probate? How does it work?

March 23, 2022

What is probate? How does it work?Simply put, probate is the re-titling (change of ownership) of ...

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Glass, Toilet Paper And Cell Phones

March 23, 2022

Glass, Toilet Paper And Cell PhonesWhat do glass, toilet paper, and cell phones all have in ...

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To Bonds Or Not To Bonds That Is The Question

March 23, 2022

Have bonds earned a place in your portfolio?Beginning in 2020, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates ...

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The New Corporate Business Plan: Outsource Pension Liability And Improve Profits

March 23, 2022

The New Corporate Business Plan: Outsource Pension Liability And Improve ProfitsI can remember the first company ...

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Corporate Bonds, How Safe are They and What Happens if a Company Defaults.

March 21, 2022

Bonds are backed by the financial strength of the bond issuer.If the bond issuer is not ...

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Understand Your Social Security Survivorship Benefits

March 21, 2022

Understand Your Social Security Survivorship BenefitsWhile painful for most of us to contemplate, death is nonetheless ...

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The Baby Boomers Are Overpowering the Health Care System

March 23, 2022

The Baby Boomers are overpowering the health care system. For over 100 years, the discussion of ...

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Annuity Riders

February 9, 2022

Annuity riders can help maximize the benefits annuities provide. Many people are familiar with the concept of riders and ...

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US Treasury EE Saving Bonds: Good Idea Or A Stinker Idea?

March 23, 2022

US Treasury EE Saving Bonds: Good Idea Or A Stinker Idea?Buying a US Treasury EE Bond can ...

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Should you put an annuity inside your IRA? The answer is a definite MAYBE.

February 22, 2022

An ongoing dispute among financial advisors concerns the question of whether it is ever a good ...

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Should Pre-Retirees And Retirees Rebalance Their Investment Portfolios To Mitigate Risk?

March 21, 2022

“The main reason for rebalancing a retirement portfolio should be risk management. Other rationales for rebalancing ...

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Bond Funds or Individual Bonds: Which Is Best for You?

March 21, 2022

There are both advantages and disadvantages to investing in Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds. The real reason ...

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When Harry and Sally Met Their 401(k)

March 23, 2022

Harry and Sally White are regular people.Harry and Sally work for the same company; actually, that ...

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Minimizing Probate By Using a POD and a TOD

March 23, 2022

Use ‘Transfer on Death’ Form to Avoid Probate CourtAvoiding probate can be tricky, but you might ...

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The Good News: The Longer You Live, The Longer You Live

March 21, 2022

The Longer You Live, The Longer You Live“I have felt for a long time a sense ...

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Is Financial Planning Different Than Retirement Planning

March 23, 2022

Is Financial Planning Different Than Retirement Planning What is the difference? Make sure you know.Yes, it most ...

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Annuities and Asset Protection

March 21, 2022

Annuities And Asset ProtectionAnnuities and Asset Protection: What you need to know!Joe Richmond (not his real ...

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Tax Loss Harvesting

March 21, 2022

What is tax-loss harvesting and will it work for you?“For many investors, tax-loss harvesting is one ...

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Sequence Of Returns Risk

March 23, 2022

The “sequence of returns risk” or “sequencing risk” refers to the possibility that the timing and order ...

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Ben Kunes

Safe Money Retirement Group

6657 Winding Creek Way

St. Louis, Missouri 63129

ben.kunes@retirevillage.com

(314) 740-6278

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