The Retirement Trap – You Never Saw Coming

A lot of fun on this episode. We get into some ways people lock themselves into or out of options in retirement and get to spend some time with Jobin Roofing.The post The Retirement Trap – You Never Saw Coming appeared first on Money On Tap.Why doesn't inflation feel like the official 3%?Because inflation is the rate at which prices rise, while affordability is the level of prices you have to live with — and that level never resets. Retirees also buy a different basket than the CPI emphasizes: shelter costs, insurance, property taxes, healthcare, prescriptions, food, and fuel, several of which run far hotter than headline inflation. Oil compounds it, touching every leg of the delivery chain. A resilient retirement plan stress-tests income needs well above the Fed's target and fights back with pricing-power equities, reasonable bond yields, guaranteed lifetime income for core expenses, and tax mitigation that lets you keep more of every distribution.