Defense Wins Retirement: How to Shift Your Strategy from Growth to Income

Presented by Meld University

Speaker:
Kyle Whittington, CFP®
President
Meld Financial

You’ve spent your entire life saving for retirement. The final few years before retirement and the first few years of retirement are critical when it comes to understanding how to position your assets to avoid an unexpected impact from the stock market.

Join us as we illustrate the importance of shifting from offense to defense and learn how to understand your personal investment allocation needs. Speaker, Kyle Whittington, CFP®, President of Meld Financial, guides you through valuable information that can help you shift to defense when the time is right.

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Why Meld Financial?

Meld Financial, Inc. is an independent wealth management firm located in Birmingham, AL.

We specialize in financial planning, investment management, employee benefits and executive benefits for individuals, families, trusts, foundations and institutions.

We provide independent and objective services melded with customer-driven financial goals.

Mark McGarvey - Founder - Meld Financial

“We will always recommend the same course of action we would choose for ourselves, given the same circumstances.”

-Mark McGarvey, Founder