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Retirement Article

Connecting the Dots on Your Retirement Plan

Learn how a structured three-part approach to retirement income planning can help you protect the wealth you’ve built and achieve financial independence.

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What Clients Ask Article

Questions to Ask When Choosing a Financial Advisor

Discover the essential questions to ask when choosing a financial advisor — covering fiduciary duty, compensation models, and team approach.

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Retirement Article

The DINK Financial Advantage: Building Wealth Together

Dual income, no kids (DINK) couples have a rare financial window. From backdoor Roth IRAs to early retirement, discover strategies to help protect and grow your wealth.

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Tax Planning Article

Taxes and Wealth Management: Better Together With a Unified Team

Our integrated tax and wealth management teams work together year-round, delivering coordinated planning that helps reduce surprises and tax liability.

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Retirement Article

Smart Strategies to Retire Early: Beyond the FIRE Movement

Learn how you could retire early with the Retire Sooner method. Discover why financial independence goes beyond the FIRE movement’s extreme frugality.

Insurance Solutions Article

One Team, One Plan, One Vision: Integrated Insurance Planning

Discover how integrated insurance planning coordinated across your investments, taxes, and estate plan can help protect and preserve your wealth.

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Financial Planning Article

529 Plan Leftover Funds: Your Options Explained

A 529 surplus after graduation gives families more options than most people realize, including Roth IRA rollovers, estate planning, and multigenerational education savings.

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Investment Management Article

Using Stock Swaps to Exercise Employee Stock Options

Learn how stock swaps (pyramiding) may offer a tax-efficient way to exercise employee stock options, manage cash flow, and optimize your equity compensation.

Women & Wealth Article

Risk, Control, and Clarity: Smart Investing for Women

Explore how affluent women define smart investing. We offer advanced strategies for risk management, tax optimization, and legacy planning.

Investment Management Article

Bond Investing Basics: What Every Investor Should Know

Explore our quick explanation of the bond market. Understand how bond yields, prices, and interest rates can impact your investments and comprehensive financial plan.

What Clients Ask Article

Why One Team Can Simplify Your Financial Life

Mercer Advisors brings wealth planning, investment management, taxes, estate, and retirement under one coordinated team for integrated and aligned financial outcomes.

Professions Article

Incentive Stock Options: From Equity to Tax Strategy for Tech Professionals

Navigate the complexities of incentive stock options (ISOs). Learn about AMT, vesting, and strategic planning to help protect and grow your established wealth.

Estate Planning Article

Inheritance Planning Strategies for Your Wealth

Learn effective inheritance planning strategies. Get experienced guidance on estate taxes, wealth transfer, and comprehensive financial planning.

FAQs
Retirement FAQ

What is a “financial why,” and why does it matter in retirement planning?

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Retirement FAQ

What is retirement income planning, and how is it different from general retirement savings?

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Do I need a retirement income plan if I’m already working with a financial advisor?

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When is the right time to start retirement income planning?

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What’s the difference between ETFs, mutual funds, and separately managed accounts (SMAs) in a retirement portfolio?

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Where can I learn more about the Mercer Advisors retirement planning approach?

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How do I fire my financial advisor?

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What’s the difference between a financial advisor, wealth manager, and financial planner?

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Further Learning

Estate Planning Article

How To Keep Your Family Vacation Home in the Family

Passing down a family vacation home takes more than a will. Learn how trusts, LLCs, and honest conversations can keep your legacy property in the family.

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Investment Management Podcast

Episode 40 – Diversify Broadly, Both Across and Within Global Asset Classes

Don Calcagni, Chief Investment Officer, explains why he pursues the broadest possible diversification in portfolios — and why it’s the second principle of the evidence-based investment philosophy at Mercer Advisors.

Retirement Article

Catch-Up Contributions 2026: What’s New for Savers

SECURE 2.0 catch-up rules are in effect for 2026. New limits, a higher Roth threshold, and final IRS guidance change how older savers should plan.

Retirement Article

Medigap vs. Medicare Advantage: Your 2026 Medicare Options

Understand your 2026 Medicare choices, and compare Medigap and Medicare Advantage on cost, coverage, networks, and enrollment to make an informed decision.

About Mercer Advisors

We exist so you don’t have to worry about money. For more than 40 years, we’ve taken the sophisticated, time-tested approach that many ultra-high net worth individuals use to help manage their financial lives and made it accessible to more families.

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