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Understanding the Tools in Your Retirement Income Toolbox
You should be familiar with all of the tools in your retirement income toolbox. Retirement plans can be built to manage varying risks by strategically combining the following retirement income tools in different ways.
Academic Acceptance for Reverse Mortgages in Retirement Income
“Although reverse mortgages aren’t for everyone, the reluctance to consider use of reverse mortgages in the distribution phase limits the flexibility of distribution strategies.”
Improving Retirement Income Efficiency Using Reverse Mortgages
Maintaining higher fixed costs in retirement increases exposure to sequence risk by requiring a higher withdrawal rate from remaining assets. Drawing from a reverse mortgage has the potential to mitigate this aspect of sequence risk by reducing the need for portfolio withdrawals at inopportune times.
A World of Opportunities: The Benefits of Global Diversification
It’s obvious why a U.S.‑based investor may think it’s better to stay away from international investing, but you don’t get the full story by just looking at the short-term returns of different asset classes in isolation. You need to take a long-term perspective and think about how everything affects your total portfolio.
Using a Reverse Mortgage to Purchase a New Home
One option in the broader category of using reverse mortgages for debt coordination for housing is the HECM for Purchase program, which was started in 2009 as a way to use a reverse mortgage to purchase a new home.
Replacing Your Mortgage with a Reverse Mortgage
After my recent overview of potential uses for a reverse mortgage, I want to go deeper on each item.
What You Should Know About Repaying a Reverse Mortgage
Originally published at Forbes Repayment of a home equity loan balance may be deferred until
Choosing Costs for a Reverse Mortgage
The discussion of reverse mortgage costs has several moving parts. Which type of cost combination to choose depends on how you plan to use the line of credit during retirement.
Are Oil Prices Lower Because of the Stock Market?
Is the volatility of oil a result of the volatility of the markets? Or vice versa? Or neither?
Spending Options for a Reverse Mortgage
Most current HECM reverse mortgages use an adjustable interest rate, which allows the proceeds from the reverse mortgage to be taken out in any of four ways or a combination thereof.
How Does the Line Of Credit for a Reverse Mortgage Work?
A mortgage’s effective rate is applied not just to the loan balance, but also to the overall principal limit, which grows throughout the duration of the loan.
Upfront Costs of Opening a Reverse Mortgage
Upfront costs for reverse mortgages come in three categories.
