Michael W. K. Yee, Financial Advisor and Certified Financial Planner | May 8, 2022 | May - June 2022, Wisdoms
Having spent decades saving for retirement, it can feel like a major shift for retirees to spend down their hard-earned assets. Research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found people with $500,000 or more in savings at retirement spent down less than 12 percent of their assets over 20 years.
Michael W. K. Yee, Financial Advisor and Certified Financial Planner | Sep 27, 2018 | October - November 2018, Wisdoms
Many parents, in addition to planning for their own future, care deeply about helping their children find their financial footing as they enter adulthood. Having spent decades building up their nest eggs for retirement, they recognize the power of long-term financial planning and hope their children will capture the same benefits by starting to invest while they are young. Convincing someone just starting off in their careers to set aside money for retirement — which to them, may seem like light years away — can be a tough sell.