Retirement Blog

Ralph Short has been helping Virginia residents strategize and plan for retirement for nearly four decades. There are many people who have worked hard and saved up for their envisioned future, but that is just part of the journey.

Ralph routinely posts informative blogs and articles that help retirees and pre-retirees alike with topical information on a financial world where trends and regulations are constantly in motion.


Your Retirement Number

For retirees, it is often much easier to worry about how to grow their wealth than to feel confident in the wealth they have spent a career building. Will it be enough to support the lifestyle you dreamed of? Will it be able to cover unexpected medical or life-change expenses?...

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Better Question Than, “What Will the Market Do?”

One lesson stands out across American history: Plans that survive change are built to adapt—not to predict. That’s as true for retirement planning today as it has ever been. If you would like help understanding how your current plan may respond to:  We offer a complimentary retirement planning review designed...

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What History Reveals About Retirement Risk

Throughout American history, one thing has stayed consistent: Change. Markets rise and fall.Tax laws evolve.People live longer than ever before. Yet many retirement plans are built around a single assumption—that the future will look roughly like the present. In our guide, What 250 Years of America Has Taught Us About...

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