Christopher K. Abts is the President of Cornerstone Retirement Group, a company specializing in comprehensive retirement planning strategies for individuals, private business owners, and physicians. He primarily focuses in retirement planning, wealth preservation and estate planning and has helped hundreds of clients prepare for retirement through his proprietary planning process.
Chris is a Registered Investment Advisor, licensed insurance agent, and holds a Series 65. He is a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor through the College for Financial Planning, a Certified Estate Planner through the National Institute of Estate Planning and he is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
Chris is the best-selling author of Redefining Retirement and routinely sought after by national and local media. As a financial guest commentator, he has appeared on CNBC, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, Smart Money Magazine, Yahoo Finance, and TheStreet.com. Chris is host of Redefining Retirement on KTVN Channel 2 News and is regularly featured on their Wednesday morning Money Watch. Senior Market Advisor Magazine named him one of the Top 5 Retirement advisors in the nation.
There are many variables involved in creating an income strategy for today's retirees. Your Social Security Benefit is an asset, and if managed incorrectly, it could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars over an individual's lifetime. Manage it well, and it becomes an integral part of a retirement portfolio. Perhaps the most impactful decision you can make regarding your Social Security will be:
When and how you should take your Social Security income benefits?
There are a number of factors you need to consider when evaluating your options: