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Your Investor Profile Questionnaire
Your Challenge: Where Should You Be?
Planning for Retirement.
It’s just like planning a vacation. You ask yourself “What am I going to need when I get there?” You need to plan ahead.
You may be able to count on the government, your employer, an inheritance, or some other source to fund a portion of your retirement. Social Security alone cannot be counted on to completely fund your retirement. The ultimate responsibility is yours.
However, for most people, your employer sponsored retirement plan offers an opportunity to save money on a tax favorable basis, while potentially reducing your current taxable income.
You defer taxes on this money – and on the interest or earnings – until you withdraw it, usually at retirement, at a lower tax bracket.
Where Do I Begin?
The two most important decisions you will make about your retirement plan are:
How Much Should I Save?
First time retirement savers may want to consider the savings guidelines above in order to replace either 60%, 80%, or 100% of their income at retirement. Others, with money saved already for retirement may login at www.ingham.com and choose the Tools/Retirement Calculator.
How do I Invest My Money?
The questionnaire below can help you answer these questions.
How Do I Invest My Money?
Three Easy Steps For Investing In Your Retirement Plan
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Using the Investor Profile Questionnaire, 10 easy questions designed to measure your risk tolerance.
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Choose your investment Strategy or select a diversified portfolio of individual funds.
3
Login, review and make changes to your investment elections.
Savings Tip
Start early and save consistently throughout your working career.
Investing Tip
Repeat steps 1, 2, & 3 annually to make sure your profile and investment strategy stay on track.
Step 1 – Investor Profile Questionnaire
Answer the questions below by clicking on the number for each of the questions. The points will be automatically totaled for you.
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| 2. In how many years do you expect to start spending the money you’re investing? | ||||||
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| 4. When I start making withdrawals from this investment, they will be used to fund my living expenses. | ||||||
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| 5. When it comes to investing, protecting the money I have is my highest priority. | ||||||
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| 6. I always choose investments with the highest possible return. | ||||||
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| 7. I prefer an investment strategy designed to grow steadily and avoid sharp ups and downs. | ||||||
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| 8. To meet my financial goals, my investments must grow at a higher rate of return. | ||||||
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| 9. I am unwilling to wait several years to recover from losses I incur in an extended down market. | ||||||
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| 10. I prefer investments that are low risk, even if returns are lower than the rate of inflation. | ||||||
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The information provided in this worksheet should not be considered investment advice. You should consult your qualified financial professional to discuss your individual financial situation.
As a service and convenience, the Plan offers risk based asset allocation strategies using a mix of the DIAs, which are intended to qualify as investment education under DOL Interpretive Bulletin 96-1, click here for Asset Allocation Strategies brochure.
Step 2 – Your Suggested Strategy
Now that you’ve identified your suggested strategy, you can log in and review your Investment Elections. Here you can modify your elections to match your strategy level based on your Investor Profile and suggested strategy. Are you a new user?
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