We believe every retirement decision is connected

Retirement planning has a domino effect. A decision in one area of your financial life can create consequences—or opportunities—in several others.

For example, how much you withdraw from your portfolio can affect your taxes, Medicare premiums, investment strategy, and how long your money lasts.

For example
  1. How much you withdraw from your portfolio

  2. Your taxes

  3. Medicare premiums

  4. Investment strategy

  5. How long your money lasts

That’s why we don’t look at these decisions in isolation. We coordinate them through your Coordinated Retirement Strategy™.

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What a year as a Wyze client looks like

Your Coordinated Retirement Strategy™ is supported by two proactive reviews each year, ongoing coordination behind the scenes, and unlimited access to your advisor and team whenever you need guidance.

January–June

First-Half Planning Review

  • Review your goals and financial resources to confirm your retirement plan remains on track
  • Review your portfolio and make sure it remains aligned with your goals
  • Review your preliminary tax plan and begin implementing tax-planning opportunities
  • Update your Coordinated Retirement Strategy™
July–December

Second-Half Planning Review

  • Review your goals and financial resources to confirm your retirement plan remains on track
  • Review your portfolio and make sure it remains aligned with your goals
  • Finalize your tax plan and implement remaining tax-planning opportunities
  • Update your Coordinated Retirement Strategy™
Year-Round

Ongoing Coordination

  • Ongoing updates to your Coordinated Retirement Strategy™
  • Portfolio monitoring and rebalancing
  • Tax-planning and tax-law updates
  • Coordination with your other professionals
  • Unlimited access to your advisor and team

What we coordinate

Your retirement plan helps us evaluate whether you're on track to achieve your goals and provides a framework for many of the decisions we make along the way. We evaluate your goals, spending, financial resources, and probability of success to help determine how much you can comfortably spend, where retirement income should come from, how much investment risk makes sense, and whether opportunities such as Roth conversions should be considered.

Areas of focus

  • Retirement plan progress and goal tracking
  • Income and withdrawal strategy
  • Spending and cash-flow planning
  • Social Security claiming strategy
  • Portfolio risk analysis and stress testing

Investment Management

Our goal is simple: pursue strong long-term returns without taking more risk than necessary to achieve your goals.

Rather than relying solely on off-the-shelf portfolios, we tailor how we invest to each client. We use low-cost equity and fixed-income ETFs, Wyze Direct (our proprietary individual stock strategy), our All-Season allocation framework, and select private investments when appropriate. Most importantly, your portfolio isn’t managed in isolation; it’s coordinated with your retirement plan, tax strategy, and income needs.

Areas of focus

  • Portfolio risk aligned with your retirement plan
  • All-Season allocation framework to take advantage of opportunities created by volatility
  • Disciplined portfolio rebalancing
  • Private investment opportunities when appropriate
  • Low-cost, tax-efficient portfolio management
  • Tax-loss harvesting to help offset gains and reduce taxes

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We look for opportunities to reduce the amount of taxes you pay over your lifetime—not just in the current year. Effective tax planning can provide three key benefits: paying less in taxes over your lifetime, increasing your after-tax net worth, and leaving a more tax-efficient estate.

Areas of focus

  • Tax-efficient retirement withdrawal strategies
  • Roth conversion planning
  • Medicare premium tax planning
  • Tax-efficient charitable giving
  • Required minimum distribution planning
  • Estate and inherited IRA tax planning
  • Coordination with your CPA or one of our trusted CPAs

Related reading: When to do a Roth conversion in retirement

Your retirement plan can also help determine how much of your wealth you're likely to need during your lifetime and how much may ultimately be available for family or charitable causes. We help you evaluate those decisions and incorporate your estate plan into your Coordinated Retirement Strategy™.

Areas of focus

  • Estate projections to guide wealth-transfer and estate-tax decisions
  • Beneficiary and account titling reviews
  • Gifting and charitable legacy strategies
  • Coordination with your estate planning attorney or one of our trusted estate planning attorneys

Related reading: Pennsylvania inheritance tax: rates, deadlines and ways to plan

Healthcare costs and coverage can have a significant impact on your retirement plan, particularly if you plan to retire before becoming eligible for Medicare. We help you understand your options and incorporate potential healthcare and long-term care costs into your Coordinated Retirement Strategy™.

Areas of focus

  • Health insurance options and costs before Medicare
  • Medicare planning and coverage options
  • Long-term care cost planning and stress testing
  • Evaluating whether to insure or self-fund potential long-term care costs
  • Coordination with trusted Medicare insurance professionals

Insurance needs often change as you approach and move through retirement. We help determine where insurance may still be needed, where it may no longer be necessary, and whether changes should be considered.

Areas of focus

  • Life insurance needs and existing policy reviews
  • Liability insurance for asset protection
  • Coordination with trusted insurance professionals

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