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A dynamic approach to decumulation planning
Income Lab’s co-founder Justin Fitzpatrick was recently featured on the Fintech Impact podcast with Jason Pereira. They had a great...
Reframing Monte Carlo Results To Increase Trust In Dynamic Retirement Spending
Today, Kitces published a great article co-authored by Derek Tharp, Ph.D., CFP®, CLU®, RICP®. Throughout the article Derek explains a major issue...
Life Hub Launch Webinar
Life Hub ties these together truly dynamic income planning and tax-smart distribution planning by allowing advisors and clients to create,...
Breaking News! Retirement Income Journal Highlights Life Hub
Life Hub was highlighted by the Retirement Income Journal! Below are some of the main points about Life Hub. View...
Income Lab Launches Life Hub, a Next-Gen, Interactive Retirement Planning Tool for Financial Advisors
“Income Lab’s Life Hub tool is a welcome innovation, helping financial advisors to build more realistic and adaptable financial plans...
New Ways to Evaluate the Retirement Risk/Return Trade-Off – (May 24th, 2022)
Every retirement income plan carries some level of risk – that is, some chance that a downward adjustment will be...
The Gamification of Monte Carlo: How to Incentivize Proactive (Not Reactive) Retirement Spending Goals
Kitces published a great article authored by Derek Tharp, Senior Advisor to Income Lab. In the article Derek explains how...
How Monte Carlo Can Understate Retirement Income Risk Compared To Historical Simulation
Kitces published a great article co-authored by Derek Tharp and Income Lab co-founder, Justin Fitzpatrick. In the article they explore...
Is California a low-tax state for Retirees? Looking beyond top marginal state tax rates.
The state where you retire can have a big impact on your standard of living in retirement. But understanding that...
Simplifying Retirement Income Planning Visualization Using The ‘Spending Risk Curve’
Today, Kitces published a great article co-authored by Derek Tharp and Income Lab co-founder, Justin Fitzpatrick. Here are a few...
“Retirement Distribution Hatchet” Webinar (April 2022)
Research into dynamic retirement income planning has often focused on setting “guardrails” based on portfolio withdrawal rates. However, client scenarios...
How-To and Q&A User Webinar – Tax Center Review (March 2022)
Because of the complexity of retirement income plans and Federal and state tax codes, “tax-smart” distribution planning can be wickedly...
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