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People deserve to understand what’s happening with their money.
Have you ever sat across from a financial advisor and only understood every third word they were saying? And yet they were talking about your money, your life and your future.
At Retirement Extender®, we believe clients should understand everything that is happening with their money; that advisors should be just as good about explaining investments as they are at making them.
First, we’re going to get to know you and discuss what’s most important to you. We’re going to figure out your goals and the outcomes you’d like to achieve with this money. We’ll do this by establishing your Family Index Number, which is the rate of return needed on your investments in order to pursue those outcomes. After we determine your Family Index Number, we allocate your money to our various investment strategies designed to help you pursue those goals.
We work with a wide variety of clients – everyone from high net worth investors to those who are just starting out. While each family gets a personalized allocation strategy, we’ve helped thousands of families navigate their complex financial needs and guided them through life’s major decisions.
As your trusted advisor, we’re focused on adding convenience and simplicity to your lives. We will make sure you’re educated on your investments and how we manage your money – as much or as little information as you’d like.
Whether you’re investing hundreds or millions, at Retirement Extender® we’re about much more than results – we’re about helping you understand where those results have come from and why the strategy works. If you’re tired of the mystery of investing and want to know exactly what’s happening with your money, schedule an appointment today.
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Our experienced team of professionals will develop a personalized plan that gives you the power – and a path – to realize your dreams. Explore services
Portfolio Management
Retirement Extender® provides investment management services with a personalized strategy recommendation based on your unique needs and objectives. Learn more
Tax Planning
Tax planning is the analysis of planned financial situations or transactions from a tax perspective. The purpose of tax planning is to ensure tax efficiency, with the elements of the financial plan working together in a tax-efficient manner. Learn more
Charitable Support Planning
Is it important to you to invest so that you can donate to charities or other non-profit organizations? Learn more
Financial Planning
When you retain the services of the firm, our team meets with you to gather information about your financial background, circumstances to consider, resources available to fund your future desired lifestyle, and goals and objectives. Learn more
Educational Planning
Is it important for you to set aside money for your children’s or grandchildren’s education? Learn more
Estate Planning
We have professional relationships with estate planning attorneys and can provide recommendations, or we will be happy to work with your existing attorney to assist with your estate planning and provide a tax-efficient estate process. Learn more
Personalized Investment Management
The Retirement Extender® mission is to provide leadership for our clients’ financial lives and to help our clients reach financial independence and security in retirement.
We are a wealth management firm based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, serving affluent and moderately affluent families, business owners and executives. Our team provides the highest level of service for both local and national clients in financial planning and investment management.
We are different from other wealth management firms because we integrate income tax planning and tax preparation as a component of financial and investment planning. We feel that we can best guide you to a successful financial future by also preparing your tax return. Tax returns are reviewed and signed by a CPA.
Contact us today and let Retirement Extender® help you on your True Wealth journey.
Investment Management
Disciplined investment strategies are the foundation of our investment management process. Our time-tested strategies are designed to meet a variety of investment goals and objectives.
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Our Locations
Retirement Extender® is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Contact us today to speak with a financial advisor or financial professional.
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Election and InvestmentsJoin Jamie Hopkins, Director of Retirement Research at Carson, as he discusses how the election may impact the direction of reform. Click Here to Watch the Webinar
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Market Commentary
Market Commentary: Unemployment Continues Slow Recovery as ...The lack of progress on a federal stimulus bill weighed on markets last week while economic and earnings data provided investors some good news. Initial unemployment claims finally dipped below 800,000. The improvement and adjustments to previous weeks’ estimates suggest the labor market is continuing to recover. Corporate earnings also provided a positive surprise. While many companies are still to report, initial results show 84% of S&P 500 companies are beating estimates.
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How the 2020 Election Could Impact the Markets ...Every election season, political emotions run high. Candidates tell us that this is the most important election in our lifetimes. Advertisements vilifying the opposing candidate seem to never end. Political chatter on social media picks up. Through it all, it can be hard to keep our emotions under control.
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Monthly Newsletter
How Financial Scams Work, and How to ...In the late 1920s, an enterprising Bostonian started selling subdivisions in the sunny ‘burbs of Florida. Promising orange trees in the backyard and rolling waves out the front door, he sold plots – sometimes 23 an acre! – near bustling towns like Nettie. Unfortunately, the entrepreneur’s name was Charles Ponzi, and Nettie, like his other locales, was a work of lucrative fiction.
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3 Roth Conversion Traps To Avoid After The ...Roth conversions can be a powerful tax and retirement planning technique. The idea behind most Roth conversions is to take money from an IRA and convert it to a Roth IRA. Essentially, you’re paying taxes today instead of paying taxes in the future.
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Infographic
10 Tax Planning Tips Your CPA Might Have ...There’s more to tax planning than you think. Do you understand how each of your accounts are taxed? How did you set up your retirement plan? Have you considered an HSA? Take control of your taxes and how they fit into the big picture. Check out 10 planning tips your CPA might have missed. View the Infographic
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Retail sales rebounded as U.S. consumers continued to put salaries and money left over from the CARES Act into the economy. Retail and food service sales surged 1.9%, more than doubling expectations of 0.8%. The gains raised overall retail sales 5.4% above year-ago levels as consumers make up for consumption lost during the early days of social distancing (Figure 1).Read more