Ben Kunes

Safe Money Retirement Group

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Ever Wonder How the Stock Market Works?

March 23, 2022

Ever Wonder How the Stock Market Works?Every night watching the news, we are bombarded with stories ...

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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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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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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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Why Interest Rates Are Low And Will Stay That Way - Well at least for a while.

March 23, 2022

Why Interest Rates Are Low And Will Stay That Way Well, at least for a while.The ...

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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 ...

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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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Legacy Arbitrage

February 24, 2022

Use Legacy Arbitrage to extend benefits to heirs.Definition of 'Arbitrage' from Investopedia"The simultaneous purchase and sale ...

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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 ...

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What Are Annuities?

March 21, 2022

What Are Annuities?In its simplest definition, an annuity is a written contract between the annuity owner ...

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Should You Downsize When You Retire?

March 23, 2022

If you plan to sell your current home and move to a smaller one after retirement, ...

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Women Focused Financial Planning

March 21, 2022

Women-Focused Financial PlanningMany women, especially those in their 60s and 70s, grew up with the idea that ...

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The Times They Are A Changin For Annuities

March 23, 2022

The Times They Are A Changin For AnnuitiesI remember the early years in Olympia, Washington, learning ...

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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 ...

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Can A Life Settlement Benefit You

March 21, 2022

What's a life settlement, and could you benefit from having one?"Older Americans don't know there may ...

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Divorce Can Be Very Costly To Retirement Planning

March 23, 2022

Divorce Can Be Very Costly To Retirement PlanningMake Sure You Understand the True CostsNo one wants ...

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The Golden Years Might Become Scary

March 23, 2022

When the Social Security Administration announced that for 2016, 2017, 2018, there would be NO “cost ...

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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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Questions & Answers Regarding Probate

March 23, 2022

Questions & Answers Regarding ProbateWho is in charge of the probate process?The Will names a personal ...

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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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