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Financial Planning with The Bucket Plan®

At Retirement Matters, we understand retirement is more than a financial goal — it's about living the life you've worked so hard to create. That's why we embrace The Bucket Plan®: a strategy that takes the uncertainty out of retirement planning by organizing your assets into a clear, structured plan. Unlike approaches focusing primarily on wealth accumulation, we specialize in distributing an preserving your wealth for the long term with The Bucket Plan®.

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The Bucket Plan® 

The Bucket Plan® philosophy was developed to segment money based on your investment time horizon, volatility tolerance, and income needs. Watch this video to learn more. 




Designing Your Personalized Bucket Plan®

At Retirement Matters, we use The Bucket Plan® to divide your assets into three buckets: Now, Soon, and Later.

The "Now" bucket covers immediate needs like living expenses and emergencies, providing you with stability for the things you need today. The "Soon" bucket focuses on near-term goals, balancing growth and security for things like upcoming expenses. Finally, the "Later" bucket is dedicated to long-term growth and legacy planning, to helps you stay on track even as your needs evolve over time.

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About The Bucket Plan® Strategy

The Bucket Plan® can transform the way we manage your wealth, shifting from a one-size-fits-all strategy to a tailored approach that suits your unique needs. Rather than focusing solely on one aspect of your financial picture, such as accumulation, this strategy organizes your assets in a way that accounts for both immediate priorities and long-term goals. By separating your financial resources into buckets based on timing, we help reduce stress over market fluctuations and evolve your plan with life’s changes — not Wall Street’s. 

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Meet Your Bucket Plan® Certified  Advisor

We are passionate about helping you navigate your financial journey and believe it’s important to have a partner in this next step — so much so that we named ourselves Retirement Matters. With more than 20 years of experience in the industry, our lead advisor, Charlie Ehrenfried, is a specially educated Bucket Plan Certified® advisor who is uniquely qualified and accredited to deliver this simplified financial planning system.

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Discover The Bucket Plan® Book

To fully grasp the philosophy behind The Bucket Plan®, we recommend reading The Bucket Plan®: Protecting and Growing Your Assets for a Worry-Free Retirement. This best-selling book serves as an excellent complement to the one-on-one guidance you’ll receive from our team. It offers an in-depth explanation of the strategy, giving you a clearer understanding of how to implement it into your financial life. It was also named one of the top financial planning books of 2023 by U.S. News & World Report and placed in the top 15 books for retirement planning by Entrepreneur.com in 2024*!  

Why Choose Retirement Matters?

Why Choose Retirement Matters?

At Retirement Matters, we take pride in our personalized approach to retirement planning.

With a focus on holistic wealth management, including estate, tax, and investment planning, we help guide your wealth, so every aspect of your financial life is working toward your retirement goals.