Without one, transition deadlines pass silently: a Medicare enrollment window closes, a pension survivorship election locks by default, the withdrawal order gets set by whichever account was easiest to tap. With one, someone whose job is watching your deadlines catches these while they’re still movable — and keeps your CPA, attorney, and accounts working from the same plan.
Vanguard’s Advisor’s Alpha research found that good advice can add roughly 3 percentage points of value a year, on average — some years more, some years less. Most of that doesn’t come from picking better investments. It comes from things like not panicking during a downturn, choosing the right accounts, and drawing money out in the right order. It’s an industry estimate, not a guarantee.
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