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Nine to Know

Nine questions to clarify what deserves attention.

The Nine to Know is an educational starting point, not a lead-generation quiz. It is designed to surface the questions and assumptions worth examining before any recommendation is discussed.

Why Start Here

Clarity before conclusions.

Answering the nine questions helps identify where a retirement picture is already clear and where it is not. It does not produce a full financial plan.

  • Open questions that have not yet been examined
  • Assumptions that shape the plan but are rarely tested
  • Areas where uncertainty remains
  • Retirement income and how it would be produced
  • Tax exposure in the years surrounding retirement
  • Market, sequence, and other risks
  • Family and legacy considerations
What You’ll Provide

Nine areas of information used by the assessment.

The Retirement Analyzer uses these details to help you review your retirement outlook. This is an educational assessment, not a full financial plan, product recommendation, or guarantee.

01Personal information
02Salary and retirement timing
03Social Security
04Pensions
05Retirement accounts
06Other accounts
07Rate-of-return assumptions
08Monthly expenses
09Contact information
Nine to Know

What deserves attention?

01Do you have a defined retirement income target?
02Do you know the year clinical work could become optional?
03Are your accounts working together as one strategy?
04Have you stress-tested your assumptions?
05Do you understand your future tax exposure?
06Have you planned for market and sequence risk?
07Is your legacy or family plan documented?
08Have you coordinated with your CPA and attorney?
09Do you know what is missing from your current plan?
Three Steps

From questions, to analysis, to a conversation.

01

Nine to Know

“What deserves attention?”

02

Retirement Analyzer

“What happens when we test it?”

03

Conversation with Mark

“What do the results mean, and what decisions, if any, should follow?”

Your Next Step

Retirement Analyzer

“What happens when we test it?”

Once you complete Nine to Know, the Retirement Analyzer takes those answers further — a structured review of how long your current assets may support your retirement income needs, where gaps may exist, whether your accounts and strategy are working together, and what small shifts could be worth exploring. These are questions to examine, not promises or guarantees. This isn’t a product pitch. It’s a closer look at your numbers, reviewed privately.

Access Your Retirement Analyzer →

Based on your Nine to Know results. Reviewed privately.

The Assessment

Begin the Nine to Know.

Begin the Nine to Know Assessment

Secure assessment powered by Retirement Analyzer.

Approximately 10 minutes. No obligation. Responses reviewed privately.

After you complete the assessment, you can review your results and choose whether to contact Mark for a conversation.

The assessment is educational and provided without obligation. If you choose to continue, recommendations may include insurance or annuity products.

Prefer to speak first? Email Mark to schedule a conversation.