$2.7 Trillion in Crisis Savings Stay Hoarded by Wary Consumers

In suburban Minneapolis, financial adviser Mike Leverty says his affluent clients want to dip into savings to buy new cars or swimming pools, but can’t because of shortages of goods or labor.

“A client wants to do a kitchen remodel, but the contractors are booked for a year,” he said.

Hefty 6.2% Social Security COLA Hike Could Help Future Retirees More Than Current Ones

"We just feel like almost everything is keeping up proportionally. So, the increase will primarily offset added expense they are seeing." - Mike Leverty

‘Micro Meetings’ Remove Client Fatigue from Long Reviews

“The pandemic was an opportunity to completely revisit the way we do business." - Mike Leverty

What are the financial planning lessons you learned from the Covid-19 pandemic?

"The pandemic stressed not only the importance of having a plan but having an advisory team that could implement and execute the plan." - Mike Leverty