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Changing Jobs?

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:February 22, 2023
  • Post category:Jobs
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Changing Jobs… Don’t move your 401-K plans into your new employer’s 401-K plans.  Why?  Reason… you can move it to a personal IRA plan with more options, better protection from…

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Investing 101. The Truth, the Whole Truth and nothing but the Truth, so help me God.

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:September 29, 2024
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Investing 101. The Truth, the Whole Truth and nothing but the Truth, so help me God.In 1973, at a university I attended, Economics 101, the first words out of the…

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Dollar Cost Ravaging – Will You Run Out of Money During Retirement?

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:September 21, 2024
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Dollar Cost Ravaging – Will You Run Out of Money During Retirement?For those that don’t know me, my name is Dave Gilliland, and I am a Certified Specialist with The…

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Social Security Marriage Penalty

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:August 30, 2024
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Social Security “Marriage Penalty”. You and your spouse are all set for retirement. You both are drawing or will draw Social Security Checks. Together, with additional 401-K plans, Thrift Saving…

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Add Money to your Retirment income with Medicare Advantage Plans

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:August 19, 2024
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Medicare Advantage PlansSome people love them; Some hate them; Doctor office hate them for the most part. But why?To understand how and why these Medicare Advantage Plans came into existence,…

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Social Security Offset Plan

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:August 17, 2024
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Social Security Offset Plan I am often asked, “what is a Social Security Offset Plan”? I always answer this question the same way. “You know how married couples lose Social…

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Pension Maximization By the Numbers

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:May 12, 2023
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So, you have a pension.  That’s great news. In fact, it is probably worth more than most 401-K plans. How so? First of all, your monthly retirement income is payable…

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Athene BCA Honored with Best FIA of the Year Award at SPi USA

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:April 7, 2023
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In 1995, I began to focus on Retirement plans for consumers.  At that time, we were in one of the biggest stock market booms.  Remember, Bill Clinton was president.  And…

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The Market, it’s up and then it’s down

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:March 25, 2023
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Ok, the market.  It’s up and down.In 2022, the market lost almost 20%.  In early 2023, it came back about 8% and then it lost 4%.To date, 2023, the market…

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Retirement Poem “What the Hell”

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:March 15, 2023
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I reached retirement and they said life would be swellThen gas went from $149 to $349, I said “What the Hell” Then I saw the cost of bacon go up like…

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Historical Performance – Stock Market Returns

  • Post author:dgilliland
  • Post published:March 8, 2023
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Whether you are looking at the stock market as a whole, Dow Jones Today (djia), the S&P 500 or any other number of “equity based” investments, you will find a…

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