Posts by Blue Ridge Wealth

Published on May 11th, 2021 Retirement planning was historically a little easier. For instance, the average life expectancy in 1950 was 68 years old.1If you retired at age 62, your…

Published on May 4th, 2021 One of the biggest economic stories of the first quarter was the rising rate of inflation, as consumer prices reached a 39-year high by the…

Published on April 27th, 2021 The U.S. housing market is still suffering from low inventory: too few houses available for the numbers of home-seeking buyers. Naturally, the capitalist principals of…

Published on April 20th, 2021 Part of the retirement planning process is realistically imagining what you want your life to look like. Bear in mind that you’re really only planning…

Published on April 13th, 2021 A recent survey found that about 50% of couples do not agree on how much money they should have saved by retirement.¹ However, new research…

Published on April 6th, 2021 Municipal bonds are popular among retirees and near-retirees as they seek to reduce market risk and position assets for a lower tax bill. One way…

Published on March 30th, 2021 In general, retirement rates have increased during the pandemic. Before COVID-19, the retired population grew by about 1 million retirees per year. But during 2020…

Published on March 23rd, 2021 In recent months, Procter & Gamble has raised prices for its Tide, Gain, Downy and Bounce product portfolio. It recently announced that this spring, consumers…

Published on March 16th, 2021 This year, the official start date for filing 2021 income tax returns was Jan. 24, and the season ends on April 18 for most filers.…

Published on March 9th, 2021 Americans have largely been on one of two tracks since the beginning of the pandemic: Those who suffered income and net worth losses and those…