Financial Life Stages
Early Career
Your 20's and 30's
- First job
- Live within your means
- Establish credit
- Minimize credit card debt
- Begin saving
- Establish emergency fund
- Leverage employer retirement plans
- Starter home
- Marriage
Mid Career
Your 30's and 40's
- Establish goals and create a financial plan
- Accelerate retirement savings
- Save for children's education
- Begin to pay down debt
- Fully fund emergency fund
- Protect yourself and loved ones with life insurance
- Estate planning, wills, and trusts
- Buy or upgrade home
Pre-Retirement
Your 50's and 60's
- Review financial plan annually with an advisor
- Adjust your portfolio in preparation for retirement
- Develop a retirement income plan
- Reduce your debts (mortgage, student loans, etc.)
- Review life insurance
- Reassess estate plan
- Max out your retirement
- Explore long-term care
- Care for parents
Retirement
Your 60's and 70's
- Transition from saving to spending
- Adjust your portfolio in retirement
- Implement retirement income plan
- Social Security and Medicare planning
- Long-term care planning
- Review retirement income plan annually with an advisor
- Estate plan and beneficiary review