THE SHP FINANCIAL BLOG
At SHP Financial, we focus on a customized investment and retirement strategy to help get you retired, and stay retired. To help you better understand your financial needs or assess your current investment and retirement strategies, we post a weekly blog. We hope you find these retirement and financial insight blogs helpful, and if you would like to take it a step further for a complimentary review of your current strategies, you can click to let your journey begin.
Why Today’s Retirees Might Fear Running Out of Money
You might have been aiming to save a certain amount for retirement - and maybe you’ve already achieved that goal. But, considering inflation, an unpredictable market, and a lack of guaranteed income once your paycheck ...
You Can’t Stop Inflation, But You Can Prepare
Did you ever hear your parents or grandparents talk about how much less everything used to cost? They weren’t exaggerating - in 1960, a gallon of conventional whole milk was 31 cents, and today it’s ...
Four Common Retirement Mistakes You Could Be Making
Practice makes perfect, but unfortunately, retirement isn’t something you can practice. It typically happens one time, and there may not be many opportunities to learn from your mistakes. The best way to avoid making mistakes ...
The Retirement Rules Could Change Soon – Have a Response
If you have a financial plan in place, you may think you’re set. However, the rules of retirement are always subject to change. We’ve seen new retirement legislation in the last few years and could ...
The History and the Future of Money
We’ve come a long way from trading pelts and seashells as currency, and there have been many changes to how we produce and use currency between then and now. The value of currency and inflation ...
Charity Event – School on Wheels of Massachusetts
RECENT CHARITY EVENT SHP Financial is proud to support School on Wheels of MA. SOWMA, founded in 2004, provides academic, financial and emotional support to students that are homeless. Having young families ourselves, we ...
3 Major Retirement Expenses to Include in Your Budget
General retirement planning advice says that you’ll need about 80% of your pre-retirement income in retirement, but this may not be the case for everyone. Inflation, taxes, and long-term care costs are easily overlooked - ...
Rising Interest Rates and High Inflation – How Will You Respond?
The Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates for the first time since 2018 and has several more rate hikes planned for this year.[1] Rising interest rates can have significant effects on the economy and ...
3 Important Tax Questions to Answer This Year
As we approach Tax Day, you may be gathering your important documents and preparing to file or file for an extension. Once you have everything sorted out, it’s important to consider how your tax situation ...
Estimating Your Tax Burden in Retirement
Taxes could be one of your biggest expenses in retirement. But once you have an estimate for your tax burden in retirement, you can consider ways to minimize it. The first step towards creating a ...
Why We Could See More Inflation and Market Volatility
As we saw during the COVID-19 pandemic, what happens somewhere halfway around the world can have a major impact on us. Now, the global economy faces new threats as a result of Russia’s invasion of ...
Will Your Savings Last for the Rest of Your Life?
Once you’ve saved enough for retirement, the question becomes how you’ll make your savings last for the rest of your life. Higher costs make this difficult, and we’ve been seeing higher costs as a result ...