Helping Families Find Happiness In Retirement

At Capital Investment Advisors, we believe that well-balanced, multi-asset income-producing portfolios are a cornerstone to helping our families work towards their retirement goals. Our financial advisors specialize in developing and maintaining portfolios that are custom-tailored to fit the client’s lifestyle, goals, and needs. We aim to help families generate a steady stream of income from their retirement savings while also advising on a wider array of areas in financial planning. The investment advising that our team offers serves our ultimate goal: helping families find happiness in retirement.

 

Retire Sooner

As a seasoned finance professional, best-selling author, broadcaster, and teacher, Wes has done extensive research on the habits of the happiest retirees. On this podcast Wes shares key lifestyle and money habits you can implement now to prepare for a secure future while not depriving yourself of happiness in the present. In addition to leveraging his 20+ years of knowledge as an investment advisor, Wes brings in guests, specialists and our team of financial professionals to teach you how to set and work towards your financial and lifestyle objectives.

With over 1.3 million downloads and counting, the mission of the Retire Sooner Podcast is to provide real-life lifestyle goals without weighing listeners down with financial jargon and unrealistic money goals.

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#240 – Millionaire Mindset Unlocked: Hard Work, Thoughtful Investing, and Bogle’s Playbook Might Fast-Track Your Retirement

Probe America’s "mini-millionaires"—how they earn, invest, and build wealth through ha

#239 – Lump Sum Or Pension? Crack the 6% Code + Market Highs & Retirement Power Moves

Should you take a lump sum or pension payout? Use the 6% Test to help you decide. With mar

#238 – 5 Powerful Portfolio Diversification Strategies to Reduce Market Anxiety + The Army Of American Productivity

Discover 5 powerful portfolio diversification strategies to help reduce market anxiety and

#237 – It’s Never Too Late To Start Saving For Retirement + Q&A

New changes in Social Security policies, particularly the elimination of the Windfall Elim

#236 – More Foundational Principles For A Happy Retirement + Listener Questions

Unpack the keys to investing for a happy retirement by highlighting foundational principle

#235 – 10 Market Challenges For Investors To Watch In 2025

On today’s episode, Wes looks at 2024’s obstacles to see what might serve as clues for

#234 – 5 Keys To Be a Successful Investor and Listener Q&A

On today's episode of The Retire Sooner Podcast, we dive into the essential pillars for ac

#233 – FOMO Free Investing

We’ve all met that one guy who pontificates endlessly about the “fantastic” investme

#232 – Riding The Age Wave with Maddy Dychtwald

Most people have a vague idea of what it takes to stay healthy as we age—some combinatio

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Sustainability of a 4% Withdrawal Rate

Studies have found that historically, a retiree could withdraw 4% of their initial retirement assets, and increase that amount every year to account for inflation, assuming a 50% to 75% portfolio allocation to stocks. Based on research, we typically use 4% as a guideline when planning withdrawals from portfolios.

Our Approach to Financial Planning

CIA focuses on a target yield and income production from investments. Our financial advice focuses on retirement income planning, striving to meet a family’s spending needs over multiple decades.

Our Multi-Asset Class Income Strategy

Utilizing our multi-asset class strategy allows us to build a diversified portfolio using historical yields as a guide.

Our Investing Style

CIA’s goal is to deliver income while prudently managing risks.

CIA in the Press

Jeff Lloyd Featured in MarketWatch

Recently, Wes Moss was featured in a MarketWatch article on secrets to successfully taking RMDs – and minimizing taxes while doing it. Read the excerpted

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All investments involve risks, including possible loss of principal. An Advisor’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments is important to the portfolio accomplishing its goals. The portfolio could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Stock prices fluctuate, sometimes rapidly and dramatically, due to factors affecting individual companies, particular industries or sectors, or general market conditions. For stocks paying dividends, dividends are not guaranteed, and can increase, decrease or be totally eliminated without notice. Fixed-income securities involve interest rate, credit, inflation, and reinvestment risks; and possible loss of principal. As interest rates rise, the value of fixed-income securities falls. Global investing can involve additional risks, such as the risk of currency fluctuations. Diversification can reduce (but not eliminate) the risk of loss. Please see our ADV Part 2, Item 8 for more information about investing risk.  Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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