Ben Kunes
Safe Money Retirement Group
Articles
FINRA And Its Relentless Attack on Excessive Fees
March 21, 2022
Let’s see…..hmm. The Commissioner of Baseball is also one of the franchise owners.The NFL is a ...
Charitable And Individual Gifting Considerations
March 23, 2022
Charitable Gift AnnuitiesA charitable gift annuity (CGA) provides a structured way to give to charity while securing ...
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 ...
Transparency It Had To Come We Knew It All Along
March 23, 2022
Transparency: It Had To Come We Knew It All AlongDisclosure Disclosure DisclosureOur grandson, Andrew, is a ...
Trust: Use the Ronald Reagan Approach
March 21, 2022
Trust but verify The other night I saw a feature on the news about the lawsuit between ...
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 ...
Protecting the Family Inheritance: Beneficiary-Controlled Trusts
March 21, 2022
In a perfect world:Your will would be drawn up, your assets distributed in a timely, no-hassle ...
Sequence Of Returns Risk
March 23, 2022
The “sequence of returns risk” or “sequencing risk” refers to the possibility that the timing and order ...
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 ...
Are US Treasuries A Smart Bet For You?
March 23, 2022
Are US Treasuries A Smart Bet For You?US Treasuries are the safest possible place to invest ...
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 ...
Do You Know And Understand Your Risk Tolerance
March 23, 2022
Risk is the exposure to loss.The first thing to consider is What is Risk?Risk is the ...
What Are Annuities?
March 21, 2022
What Are Annuities?In its simplest definition, an annuity is a written contract between the annuity owner ...
Annuities and Asset Protection
March 21, 2022
Annuities And Asset ProtectionAnnuities and Asset Protection: What you need to know!Joe Richmond (not his real ...
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 ...
Einstein Quantum Compounding
February 22, 2022
Use the 4% withdrawal rule, add the inflation factor and guess what? They still cannot compete. ...
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 ...
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 ...
401k Asset Allocation Strategies
March 21, 2022
Asset allocations and smart diversification might be a good choice Asset allocation and portfolio diversifications are words often ...
Baby Boomers And Mortgage Debt
March 23, 2022
Baby Boomers And Mortgage DebtI remember when our church in Emmett, Idaho finally retired the mortgage.Our parish ...
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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