Get Long-Term Care Insurance - Trek IV

This entry is part 10 of 18 in the series Trek IV Prosperity

It’s not going to do you much good to build up your wealth if you let it slip through your fingers. Any number of catastrophes can occur along the way.

One potential wealth destroyer is the dizzying cost of medical care in your later years. Have you considered long-term care insurance? According to a study by [...] Read more »

Get Long-Term Care Insurance - Trek IV

This entry is part 24 of 24 in the series Trek IV Special Situations

It’s not going to do you much good to build up your wealth if you let it slip through your fingers. Any number of catastrophes can occur along the way.

One potential wealth destroyer is the dizzying cost of medical care in your later years. Have you considered long-term care insurance? According to a study by [...] Read more »

Long-Term Care Insurance

This entry is part 33 of 43 in the series Trek III Wealth & Fulfillment

It’s not going to do you much good to build up your wealth if you let it slip through your fingers. Any number of catastrophes can occur along the way.

One potential wealth destroyer is the dizzying cost of medical care in your later years. Have you considered long-term care insurance? According to a study by [...] Read more »

Long-Term Care Insurance

This entry is part 19 of 19 in the series Trek II Net Worth

One potential wealth destroyer is the dizzying cost of medical care in your later years. Long-term care insurance may be able to help.

Health care costs could cause your wealth if you let it slip through your fingers. Any number of catastrophes can occur along the way.

According to a study by the New England Journal of [...] Read more »

Long-Term Care Insurance

This entry is part 24 of 24 in the series Trek I Cash Flow

It’s not going to do you much good to build up your wealth if you let it slip through your fingers. Any number of catastrophes can occur along the way.

One potential wealth destroyer is the dizzying cost of medical care in your later years. Have you considered long-term care insurance? According to a study by [...] Read more »

Money Market Investing

This entry is part 18 of 43 in the series Trek III Wealth & Fulfillment

There are two reasons for having some of your investment portfolio money in a money market fund.

Asset Allocation

One reason for having some of your investment funds in a money market fund is to hedge against declines in other asset classes.  For example, if you thought there was a high probability of a stock market decline [...] Read more »

Traditional Non-Deductible IRA for Tax-Deferred Growth

This entry is part 34 of 43 in the series Trek III Wealth & Fulfillment

Investors that have high incomes and don’t qualify for a deductible IRA or a Roth IRA are allowed to open a nondeductible IRA instead. The earnings are tax-deferred – not tax-free as they are in a Roth.

A nondeductible IRA can make sense if you think you can convert the funds to a Roth IRA in [...] Read more »

Saving for College

This entry is part 31 of 43 in the series Trek III Wealth & Fulfillment

If you expect to pay for college how to prepare for the college costs can be difficult – and complicated. The best way to save for college is to consider taxes and your retirement savings.

One of the first questions is whether to max out the contributions to retirement accounts before saving specifically for college.

By putting [...] Read more »

Invest in the 401(k) Non-Match Portion

This entry is part 29 of 43 in the series Trek III Wealth & Fulfillment

In an earlier step you began contributing to your 401(k) to get the maximum employer match, if your employer offers it. Now, we’re going to focus on the benefits and strategies for contributing additional funds to the 401(k).

When you compare the percentage of your salary that your employer matches with the maximum contribution that you [...] Read more »

Invest in the 401(k) Non-Match

This entry is part 13 of 19 in the series Trek II Net Worth

In an earlier step you began contributing to your 401(k) plan to get the maximum employer match, if your employer offers it. Now, we’re going to focus on the benefits and strategies for contributing additional funds to the 401(k).

When you compare the percentage of your salary that your employer matches with the maximum contribution that [...] Read more »

Invest Savings in Taxable Accounts

This entry is part 28 of 43 in the series Trek III Wealth & Fulfillment

Investing in tax-sheltered accounts carries one disadvantage: you may not be able to get to your investment funds when you need them.  The rules for tax-sheltered accounts can change with the whims and drifting priorities of Congress. That’s why you should have some money in taxable accounts – accounts that are unsheltered.

Earlier steps in the [...] Read more »

Our Recommended Long-Term Portfolio

This entry is part 26 of 43 in the series Trek III Wealth & Fulfillment

Here is our current asset allocation investment recommendation.

Long-Term Investment Allocation (for funds not needed for at least 5 years)

70% Emerging Markets (with a concentration in Brazil)

25% U.S. Large Cap (with a concentration in technology (hardware and software))

5% Energy

Advice from investment professionals:

Mohamed El-Erian (PIMCO)

hold fewer U.S. shares and more foreign shares to profit from later growth [...] Read more »