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Encore Life – The Path to Well-Being
Creating an Encore Life includes successfully transitioning from a life with a traditional full-time career to a life after that traditional career, otherwise known as some form of retirement. Retirement is one of the biggest transitions most people face. It can be done well, with good results, or it can be done poorly, with less…
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Financial Advisor Marcus Dusenbury Live on ‘Getting Your Dough to Rise’ with Chuck Noel KSER 90.7 FM
Enjoy a live interview with Viridian Financial Advisor & Founding Shareholder, Marcus Dusenbury
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Social Security Insights: Can you still file a “Restricted Application?”
Written by Matt Boelter, Financial Advisor & Shareholder Choosing the wrong time to pull Social Security benefits can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars over your lifetime. On November 2nd, 2015, new Social Security rules were signed into law that ended what was known as the “restricted application.” However, if you were born before…
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Retirement Travel: Make the Most of Your Travel Dollars
Many retirees are happy staying close to home, enjoying family and taking life easy. But many others are motivated by a certain wanderlust—a desire for a more adventurous lifestyle while they’re still physically able. You’ve worked hard to accumulate wealth that will enable you to live comfortably in retirement. Now you have the time, freedom…
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Creating your “Encore” Life Part #3
Part Three of Weekly Three Part Series started 6/14/19. Part 3 – Goal Setting If you aren’t setting goals, start – now. If you are setting goals, do it the right way. Based on the Encore Wheel of Life exercises you completed in Part 2, you should have many ideas that, if accomplished, will increase…
Read More Creating your “Encore” Life Part 2
Part Two of Weekly Three Part Series started 6/14/19. Part 2 – The Encore Wheel of Life In Part 1 of this 3-part series, we looked at life’s stages, and some of the common experiences and changes people go through during each of life’s four “quarters.” This led to the idea of an “Encore Life,”…
Read More Shouldn’t your Retirement be your “Encore” Life? Part 1
Part One of Weekly Three Part Series starting 6/14/19. Part 1 – Don’t Plan for Retirement The retirement you saw your grandparents or even your parents live through will likely not be the retirement you choose for yourself. Consider the following: In 1900, the average life expectancy was 47 years. Only 100,000 Americans lived to…
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Our People are our Most Valuable Asset — Meet Matt Boelter, Financial Advisor & Shareholder
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Is it time to change financial advisers?
Written by Adriel Tam, CEO and Founding Shareholder. The original article is published on MarketWatch. To read the full article, click here.
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Who Cares About Social Responsibility?
If You Care, Maybe You Should do Business with Others Who Care, Too. Written by Shannon McCarty, Director of Marketing I often say, “People like doing business with people they know.” We all find ourselves occasionally looking for a person or firm to hire, and it’s natural to turn to business colleagues, friends or family…
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