-
Tax Season Warning: Retirement Moves Americans Still Have Time to Make Before April 15
Jeff Smith of The Retirement Smith offers up retirement strategies Americans can still make before filing their taxes FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (March 10, 2026) – April 15th is a day in America that many people dread. It’s the deadline that people have to file federal income taxes with the government without being hit with penalties. While people are busy trying to avoid the date, one financial planner wants people to know there is still time to make some sound financial decisions that will help those planning for their retirement, making March a great time for a market reality check. “Rather than spend the time dreading the filing and paying of income taxes, look for…
-
Identifying Some of the Grave Retirement Mistakes You Should Avoid
A day will come in everybody’s life when he or she will have to quit working. It is a good idea to set up a perfect retirement plan at the earliest possible to lead a happy and stress-free retirement life. Often we go overboard in celebrating our 50th birthday. However, it is the perfect time to start evaluating your financial situation and ensure that all your financial plans seem to be perfect and well organized. If you keep delaying this evaluation, it may adversely impact your financial security in the future. According to Forbes, the greatest retirement blunder is not chalking out a perfect retirement plan. Making financial mistakes is nothing…
-
6 Retirement Risks That Could Undermine Your Careful Planning
Few things feel better than to – finally – arrive at retirement confident about all the planning and saving you did to cause it to happen. It was decades in the making, but now it’s here. Unfortunately, you may not be out of the financial woods yet. A number of risks to your retirement strategy can still lurk even as you appear to have safely arrived at your post-work destination. Some of the most common ones include: While all of these factors pose a significant risk to your retirement, a financial professional should be able to help you create a plan that will reduce some of your exposure. Retirement should…
Living a simple lifestyle from the front porch
