Ben Kunes
Safe Money Retirement Group
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The Tax Deferred Annuity
March 21, 2022
A tax-deferred annuity helps manage tax liability. A tax-deferred annuity is a plan in which income tax ...
INcome Versus IFcome
October 1, 2022
INcome Versus IFcomeThis is the most critical part of retirement.It is not necessarily the amount of ...
If You Go Phishing, Make Sure You Are Not The Bait
March 23, 2022
The IRS published its top scams to help the US Taxpayer avoid being taken advantage of ...
What Happens To Bonds and Annuities If Interest Rates Rise
February 23, 2022
What Happens To Bonds and Annuities If Interest Rates Rise Interest rate changes may hurt the ...
What Is The Color Of Your Money — Red or Green?
March 23, 2022
Retirement planning can be overwhelming as financial professionals have different opinions and methods of investing. An ...
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 ...
Should You Have Debt In Retirement?
March 21, 2022
Should You Have Debt In Retirement?"In a perfect world, you would enter retirement with your home ...
Chickens, Pigs, Bulls, and Bears: The Stock Market Is a Barnyard
March 21, 2022
The great novel Animal Farm written by the legendary author George Orwell is about animals and ...
Is Your Retirement Income A Guess Or A Guarantee
October 1, 2022
When planning retirement, do you depend on projections based on future conditions, or do you plan ...
Wall Street’s Latest Attempt To Create An Annuity: Bond Tents
March 23, 2022
Wall Street’s Latest Attempt To Create An Annuity: Bond TentsBeware of bond tents that are disguised ...
The Float, Warren Buffett, Annuities and You
February 24, 2022
Understand how Warren Buffett uses float "Float" is defined as the time delay between a bank check being ...
Sequence Of Returns Risk
March 23, 2022
The “sequence of returns risk” or “sequencing risk” refers to the possibility that the timing and order ...
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 ...
Could Investing In Treasuries Be A Mistake?
March 23, 2022
Could Investing In Treasuries Be A Mistake?US Treasuries are considered the safest investment in the world.The ...
Savings Bonds and Tax Deferral
February 23, 2022
Savings Bonds and Tax Deferral Savings Bonds and tax liability, make sure you understand the details. The ...
Legacy Arbitrage
February 24, 2022
Use Legacy Arbitrage to extend benefits to heirs.Definition of 'Arbitrage' from Investopedia"The simultaneous purchase and sale ...
Muni Bonds Generate Tax Free Interest - Or Do They?
March 21, 2022
Are Municipal Bonds Really Tax-Free?Municipal securities, also known as "munis," are bonds issued by governmental entities such as ...
Earn 10% Plus With An Annuity?
February 23, 2022
Watch out for bait and switch with annuity yields Annuities are not that type of high-yield investments ...
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 ...
Is It time For Your Company’s 401(k) Plan’s Annual Checkup?
March 21, 2022
Every night on the nightly news, it seems there is bad news about retirement plans, especially ...
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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