There’s more than spooks and ghouls out there on Halloween, some investing problems are more than spine-chilling; they’re outright nightmares that stay with you. Gather round as I share tales about people who have found their retirement haunted by fearful and greedy investing only to realize too late their decisions have had them come back to bite them in the neck. Make sure you don’t spend the rest of your life sleeping in a haunted house just because you chose to follow some financial ghoul to a poor retirement.

Join Rob Black and I at one of our next retirement workshops at the Elks Lodge in Palo Alto. Admission is only $5 to learn about current market conditions, retirement planning issues and estate planning strategies. Click HERE to sign up!

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Where has the stock market taken us since Black Monday in 1987, almost 30 years ago? Rob Black looks back at what we have gotten from corrections and why your 401k among other investments make for a long term game. Other topics include:

• Fixing social security
• Value Line –Investment research firm that provides data on individual stocks
• Reevaluating your insurances
• The next economic downturn

Join Rob Black and I at one of our next retirement workshops at the Elks Lodge in Palo Alto. Admission is only $5 to learn about current market conditions, retirement planning issues and estate planning strategies. Click HERE to sign up!

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Stocks, bonds and real estate are up, but low rates are presenting significant issues for retirees. I explain the Monte Carlo simulation technique used to understand risk of failure and dissect retirement income strategies that may get you through a low rate environment. Other topics include:

• Considering HSA plans
• I present different scenarios to a listener concerned about his fathers’ reverse mortgage strategy
• IRS scams, cyber security and password protection
• Using reverse mortgages in a retirement plan
• Email asking which stocks I own

Register for the Quickbooks Connect event where Rob Black and I will be speaking. Use the password: connect to save 50% on the registration fee!

Join Rob Black and I at one of our next retirement workshops at the Elks Lodge in Palo Alto. Admission is only $5 to learn about current market conditions, retirement planning issues and estate planning strategies. Click HERE to sign up!

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Encore Edition

Failed marriages among people over 50 doubled from 1990 to 2010, could this be why 1 in 5 Americans are working past retirement age? Turns out these are just a few of many horrible stats linking divorce and unsuccessful retirements. Educating yourself about keeping inherited or gifted assets separate while married may be in your best interest. Other topics include:

• Gray and collaborative divorce- What can women do to ensure a comfortable retirement?
• Life insurance strategies, because open enrollment at work may not be the best place to buy this November
• Next year’s cost of living adjustment to be lowest ever for Social Security
• Are hybrid equity indexed annuities with income guarantees a good idea?

Register for the Quickbooks Connect event where Rob Black and I will be speaking. Use the password: connect to save 50% on the registration fee!

Join Rob Black and I at one of our next retirement workshops at the Elks Lodge in Palo Alto. Admission is only $5 to learn about current market conditions, retirement planning issues and estate planning strategies. Click HERE to sign up!

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Encore Edition

Rob Black and I don’t depend on big name companies for a retirement plan; we created our own businesses and did it for ourselves. Most people don’t know business owners need to make 25-30% more money just to break even when transitioning from owner to employee. They often end up doing double the work without receiving double the pay because they failed to have a business plan in place. Other topics include:

• Personal disability insurance and overhead disability insurance –which can you write off?
• Succession plans
• Owning a diversified portfolio not related to your industry
• Investment mistakes –putting away money pretax, creating liquidity and funding the correct retirement plan
• Investing tax efficiently
• Insurance agents who pitch investment plans
• Obligations HR must enforce

Register for the Quickbooks Connect event where Rob Black and I will be speaking. Use the password: Connect to save 50% on the registration fee!

Join Rob Black and I at one of our next retirement workshops at the Elks Lodge in Palo Alto. Admission is only $5 to learn about current market conditions, retirement planning issues and estate planning strategies. Click HERE to sign up!

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Where has the stock market taken us since Black Monday in 1987, almost 30 years ago? Rob Black looks back at what we have gotten from corrections and why your 401k among other investments make for a long term game. Other topics include:

• Fixing social security
• Value Line –Investment research firm that provides data on individual stocks
• Reevaluating your insurances
• The next economic downturn

Join Rob Black and I at one of our next retirement workshops at the Elks Lodge in Palo Alto. Admission is only $5 to learn about current market conditions, retirement planning issues and estate planning strategies. Click HERE to sign up!

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Failed marriages among people over 50 doubled from 1990 to 2010, could this be why 1 in 5 Americans are working past retirement age? Turns out these are just a few of many horrible stats linking divorce and unsuccessful retirements. Educating yourself about keeping inherited or gifted assets separate while married may be in your best interest. Other topics include:

• Gray and collaborative divorce- What can women do to ensure a comfortable retirement?
• Life insurance strategies, because open enrollment at work may not be the best place to buy this November
• Next year’s cost of living adjustment to be lowest ever for Social Security
• Are hybrid equity indexed annuities with income guarantees a good idea?

Join Rob Black and I at one of our next retirement workshops at the Elks Lodge in Palo Alto. Admission is only $5 to learn about current market conditions, retirement planning issues and estate planning strategies. Click HERE to sign up!

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Netflix smashes earnings expectations, but the final presidential debate and Wikileaks continue to drive the news. Will we face a market correction depending on the elections outcome? Fear is pushing people into investing mistakes such as raising cash and not investing it and using potential rate increases or low expected returns as an excuse to avoid investing. Other topics include:

• VIX Index- Is it wise to by the volatility index going into the elections to hedge against volatility?
• Who is taking social security and when? How are people affecting their benefits?
• Business owners and retirement planning- What do they need to know? What do they need to do?
• Can CFP’s offer investments that others can’t?

Join Rob Black and I at one of our next retirement workshops at the Elks Lodge in Palo Alto. Admission is only $5 to learn about current market conditions, retirement planning issues and estate planning strategies. Click HERE to sign up!

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

There are countless ways to create wealth, but there are some concepts you should be wary of. Rob Black warns us against annuities with high commission costs and provides several reasons why purchasing foreclosed properties are rarely the deal you hope them to be. Other topics include:

• Clothing resale websites
• Financial regrets and mistakes
• Healthcare in retirement
• Taking the worst case scenario mentality to financial planning
• Positives to responsible credit card use

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com, or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

What will happen to your elderly, ailing parent who doesn’t have an estate plan in place? Is a TOD designation enough to avoid probate courts? Why does your parent need a trust with a health care directive and durable power of attorney? What do I need to do after my parent passes away? Other topics include:

• Getting your financial and digital assets in place for your surviving spouse
• Steven in San Leandro calls in to discuss long term care insurance policies
• Wells Fargo investment accounts and Y-shares
• Different levels of diversification

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Financial issues remain one of the major causes of divorce, but should you own a Freedom Fund going into a marriage? The relatively new Collaborative Divorce effort presents a better mediation process.  I also take a look at how to properly present a prenup and protect family money in an estate plan.

• Paying taxes on XLF distributions and tax friendly indexed funds
• Statistics on long term care costs
• Hillary Clinton’s ridiculous proposed increase on estate taxes.

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Historically investing has returned better than real estate and bonds, but have you thought about which stocks you should consider owning? Should you go after managed mutual funds, indexed funds or ETF’s? What about individual stocks? Other topics discussed today:

• Creating a financial road map
• Companies with constantly changing products- balancing content and delivery
• College, first time home buying millennials and big financial decisions
• Healthcare in your portfolio

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Encore edition

Stocks, bonds and real estate are up, but low rates are presenting significant issues for retirees. I explain the Monte Carlo simulation technique used to understand risk of failure and dissect retirement income strategies that may get you through a low rate environment. Other topics include:

• Considering HSA plans
• I present different scenarios to a listener concerned about his fathers’ reverse mortgage strategy
• IRS scams, cyber security and password protection
• Using reverse mortgages in a retirement plan
• Email asking which stocks I own

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.

Does it really matter who wins the presidential election? Both candidates have major faults that are causing uncertainty, but which two groups of voters bear the most risk going into the election and what should their plan be? Other topics include:

• Donald Trump taking advantage of NOLs (Net Operating Loss), one of our major tax code flaws
• An article about overseas values and global asset allocations
• Taxable investment accounts vs. 529 plans
• How to save for a college education and other college costs

Email your money question to chad@newfocusfinancial.com , or call the show at 1-800-516-1220 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (PDT)

Call 1-888-762-2423 for Wealth Management and Financial Planning services or visit www.NewFocusFinancial.com.