Choosing Competitive Short Term Investments
There are many safe, shorter term investments that may have yields that are competitive such as treasury bills, short term bonds and even preferred stock. Many of our financial advisors hold securities licenses and are able to discuss buying stocks, bonds, mutual funds and alternative investments that you could use in your portfolio. Earning higher yields with short-term obligations and freeing your money for the long term will allow you to make changes to your portfolio to avoid bad market timing impacting your need to sell and reposition assets for higher yields in the future.
Deciding On The Best Short Term Investments
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Understanding How Financial Advisors Are Paid is Important
Fees for financial planning are not always charged by advisors. Many will provide their services free to you and would then be paid a commission from any product you may purchase. They are still obligated under the Best Interests Rule to place your needs ahead of their own. This “The Best Interest Rule” was recently passed and will take affect this summer of 2020.
We suggest that you ask your advisor how they are paid, what commissions they may receive, what their planning fees are and if there are any ongoing fees they may charge you monthly for oversight or management.
Outside Advice
When moving money to tax qualified investments outside of your retirement plan you can choose a financial advisor that works only for you, understands your individual goals, needs and may take on the capacity of a fiduciary overseeing your investments in your best interests. Often your employer’s retirement plan counselor is limited to offering any investing or investment advice leaving you with the job of doing it yourself and you may not be comfortable with that option.
Movement of Money Strategy
TSP and retirement plans available to employees are typically long term and dollar cost averaging growth investing. Once you retire your strategy will need to change form growth to income. To make this change in one movement of money at one time is not always the best choice. Having an outside plan now, while you are still working, will allow you the opportunity to slowly transfer your growth strategy into an income strategy so by the time you do retire you can ease into a stream of income that may better meet your needs.
It’s Easy To Move Your Money From Your Plan
Provided you are age 591/2 or older you may be allowed an in service retirement funds transfer. This will allow you to transfer all or a portion of your retirement plan funds to an outside retirement plans self directed IRA allowing you to take advantage of selecting an annuity to other qualifying alternative investments for your funds today. Many plans offer the ability to phone in your request to transfer money to a new custodian for a tax qualified IRA account. Sometimes its simple paperwork and your financial advisor should be familiar with each of the processes and walk you through them.
You can learn more about the types of annuities that are available by visiting the annuity selection tab on our website.