The years surrounding retirement are the most consequential financial window of your life. Accumulation is one skill set. Distribution — Social Security timing, sequence-of-returns risk, healthcare before Medicare, required minimum distributions — is a fundamentally different one.
Most families arrive at this moment with a strong portfolio and no coordinated plan for how to actually use it.
Retirement changes everything about how financial decisions work. The paycheck stops. Healthcare coverage changes. Social Security decisions become permanent. The portfolio that was growing now needs to sustain you — and the sequence in which returns arrive starts to matter enormously.
At the same time, you may be helping aging parents, transferring wealth to children, managing executive compensation vesting on the way out, or navigating a spouse’s very different financial situation.
Each of these is a real financial decision. None of them happens in isolation. And the cost of getting them wrong compounds.
We help families bring Social Security timing, portfolio withdrawals, Roth conversion windows, and required minimum distributions into one income plan instead of a handful of disconnected choices.
Retiring before 65 means navigating COBRA, marketplace coverage, or a spouse’s plan. We help families understand the cost, the options, and how healthcare expenses interact with their tax and income strategy during the transition years.
The years between retirement and age 73 often represent a meaningful tax planning window. We work alongside your CPA to evaluate Roth conversions, capital gains harvesting, and charitable strategies while your income is temporarily lower.
Stonehearth Capital Management does not provide legal or tax advice. We coordinate with clients’ tax, legal, and other professional advisors when appropriate. Clients should consult their CPA, attorney, or other qualified professional regarding their specific circumstances.
Beneficiary designations, trust documents, and the way assets are titled all require review at retirement. We coordinate with your estate attorney to make sure what you’ve built transfers the way you intend.
We serve as the central coordinator across your full financial picture — investment management, tax planning, estate coordination, healthcare planning, and family conversations. One point of contact who knows the whole picture.
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Many families approaching retirement are also managing aging parents at the same time.
Learn how we help families support aging parents →“I have been a client of Stonehearth Capital Management for many years. They worked with me on establishing retirement savings goals and now are working with me on utilizing my account to fulfill goals, needs and dreams in retirement. Very professional and personal. Highly recommend them for financial planning.”
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