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Drew Wood

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The Retirement Portfolio for Grandparents Who Want to Say Yes

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By Drew Wood
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A Utah couple with two children and four grandchildren nearby has a retirement goal that has nothing to do with yachts or sports cars. They want to be the grandparents who can say “yes.” Yes to helping with travel hockey. Yes to a week at the lake. Yes to Disney. Yes to contributing toward a first car, a senior trip, or a college expense. The question is not whether they can afford retirement. It is whether they can afford the kind of grandparents they want to be. That distinction matters.
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What a $1.5 Million Dividend Portfolio Actually Pays a Retired Couple After Federal Tax, State Tax, and IRMAA Original

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By Drew Wood
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Consider a retired married couple, both age 67, receiving $58,000 per year in combined Social Security benefits and holding a $1.5 million dividend-focused portfolio. Their goal is straightforward: determine how much of their portfolio income actually reaches their checking account after federal taxes, state taxes, and Medicare-related costs are accounted for.
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Their Horse Rescue Eats $90,000 a Year. Can Their Retirement Savings Survive the Strain? Original

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By Drew Wood
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Retirement was supposed to be slower. Instead, Jim and Linda spend their days feeding horses, coordinating veterinary visits, repairing fences, and keeping a twelve-horse rescue operation running. The farm they inherited from her grandparents is paid for, but the rescue still costs about $90,000 per year. With $3.4 million in retirement savings, the couple appears wealthy on paper.
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