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Retirement Planning 101: Cover the basics now. Reap the benefits later.
Who among us hasn’t been prone to procrastination at one or another stage in our lives? (If you can’t relate… we’d like to do a feature on you.)
If there’s another thing we do know, it’s that many South Africans simply haven’t saved enough money to maintain their desired standard of living for their retirement years. Considering that the cost of living has become so high, retirement planning isn’t something to put off until later.
We asked Anthony Palmer, Carrick’s Director for Investments and Products, what his take on retirement planning would be if he was allowed only one sentence. His reply summarises it aptly.
“Instead of getting paralysed by trying to cover every possible aspect of retirement planning perfectly, rather break it up into simple, executable basics – then cover the basics excellently”.
Anthony Palmer
Here are our 4 tips for getting back to the basics of your daily finances and long-term financial planning.
We tell ourselves many things to serve our own needs for immediate gratification
No, retirement planning is the one area of your life where justifications just don’t cut it. You can be overweight, unfit and/or underperform on that test, but do you really want to spend your retirement full of worry and struggling to get by?
If you would like a review of your wealth portfolio, or assistance with your retirement planning, one of Carrick’s team members are available to assist you at wealthmanagement@carrick-wealth.com
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