By Admin | 2023-02-02
The financial advisor synthesizes all of this initial information into a comprehensive financial plan that will serve as a roadmap for your financial future. It begins with a summary of the key findings from your initial questionnaire and summarizes your current financial situation, including net worth, assets,liabilities,and liquid or working capital. The financial plan also recaps the goals you and the advisor discussed.
The analysis section of this lengthy document will provide more information about several topics, including your risk tolerance, estate-planning details, family situation,long-term care risk, and other pertinent present and future financial issues.
Based upon your expected net worth and future income at retirement, the plan will create simulations of potentially best- and worst-case retirement scenarios, including the scary possibility of outliving your money. In this case, steps can be taken to prevent that outcome. It will look at reasonable withdrawal rates in retirement from your portfolio assets. Additionally, if you are married or in a long-term partnership, the plan will consider survivorship issues and financial scenarios for the surviving partner.
After you review the plan with the advisor and adjust it as necessary, you’re ready for action.