When naming a beneficiary for your IRA the number one choice is a spouse, a child, or a relative. There’s something in our DNA that wants to make sure our money stays in the family if possible, and that’s certainly understandable. But if you’re looking at the bigger picture, the financial planning picture,...
“So, who do I want to get my IRA? My spouse? My kids? But I don’t want to leave out the grandkids. Oh, I’ll just fill it in later.” You’d be surprised how often that mental conversation goes on when someone is looking at the beneficiary section of their IRA application. And for most,...
Nobody has a crystal ball, but it’s certain that the American landscape is changing and the change is driven by the Millennial generation. Millennials are changing attitudes, workplaces, work ethics, what’s acceptable and what’s not. They’re driven more by technology than relationship. They see things from a different perspective...
Tom Petty is in good company, not just as a rock-n-roll legend, but as another star whose estate is in turmoil. The plethora of lawsuits are Free Fallin’ as Petty’s wife, Dana, and the two daughters from a previous marriage, Adria and Annakim, fight over control of the $95 million he left behind. Unlike Aretha...
Alhambra's Bob Williams describes 6 mistakes that will blow up your estate plan.
It was called the Great Wealth Transfer, the World War II generation passing its wealth to their kids, the Baby Boomers. Well, it’s about to happen again. Cerulli Associates, a financial industry analysis company, estimates that during the next 25 years $68 trillion will be passed on to the...
For all the years I’ve been helping clients plan retirement, death has always been the 500-pound gorilla in the room—the variable you have to guess at—trying to make sure the client doesn’t run out of money before the grim reaper comes to collect them.   Oh, you can try to factor...