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How could an extended need for long-term care affect your retirement income and investment portfolio? Camilla Carvalho, Wealth Manager at Corbett Road, discusses how long-term care planning fits into a comprehensive retirement strategy and examines options for managing these potential expenses while working toward your long-term financial goals.

The choice between gifting assets during your lifetime and passing them to heirs through your estate involves more than estate taxes. Georgia Lord, Head of Financial Planning at Corbett Road, explains how cost basis, gifting rules, retirement accounts, and state tax considerations can shape a wealth transfer strategy.

Learn how Social Security benefits are calculated, including your highest 35 years of earnings, claiming age, benefit formula, and strategies for retirement income planning.

Federal employees have multiple retirement benefits available to them, but the greatest value comes from understanding how those benefits work together. Explore key considerations for coordinating your FERS pension, TSP, Social Security, healthcare, taxes, and estate plan for retirement.

Healthcare costs can play a significant role in retirement planning. Camilla Carvalho, Wealth Manager at Corbett Road Wealth Management, explains what to review during Medicare's Annual Enrollment Period and how coverage decisions may connect to your broader financial strategy.

Estimated tax payments can be an important consideration for retirees and investors whose income is not subject to regular paycheck withholding. Georgia Lord, Head of Financial Planning at Corbett Road, explains who may need to make estimated payments, key 2026 deadlines, the safe harbor rule, and strategies for managing taxes when income comes from sources such as pensions, RMDs, dividends, interest, and capital gains.

Learn how Social Security benefits are calculated, including your highest 35 years of earnings, claiming age, benefit formula, and strategies for retirement income planning.

For federal employees, the FERS survivor benefit election is about more than choosing between a higher pension today and a lower pension with survivor protection. It can affect your spouse’s lifetime income and health insurance coverage after your death. Take a closer look at the decision and why evaluating the numbers alone may not tell the whole story.