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Are you ready to take your retirement to the next level?
Our specialty is to generate income from your investments, so you can have the retirement YOU deserve.
Because your money doesn’t retire, YOU do!
Sound Income Group at the NYSE
On February 24, 2023, David Stearns joined David Scranton and Sound Income Group in ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
Sound Income Group is the parent company of our Registered Investment Advisory firm, Sound Income Strategies, and our Retirement Income Source franchise.
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Stearns Retirement Group
Our philosophy at Stearns Retirement Group is that we are the coaches who assist you in identifying and working towards reaching your financial goals. Our seven-step educational process helps you identify your objectives and develop the strategies and tactics that will allow you to work towards your goals.
Our Services
Tools for your Estate and Tax planning needs. Our clients have many diverse estate and tax issues that they may...
Stearns Retirement Group provides retirement planning services designed to educate clients as to their best options for meeting their current
Tax Planning for Income. The goal of income tax planning is to help minimize your federal income tax liability.
At Stearns Retirement Group, we know that managing your money wisely means being knowledgeable about your options. That’s why we place a heavy emphasis on financial education. This focus on education, along with our more conservative approach to planning and saving for retirement, are just a couple of reasons why we’ve become a Retirement Income Source.
As a Retirement Income Source, we’re now backed by the strength and resources of the national network of Income Specialists across the country.
Retirement Income Source was founded by David J. Scranton, money manager, Amazon Bestselling Author, Founder of Sound Income Strategies, LLC, Founder of Advisors’ Academy and host of the financial TV show The Income Generation. With over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, David Scranton specializes in income-generating savings and investment strategies designed to help protect your retirement savings—and that’s exactly what Retirement Income Source is all about!
What This Means for You, Our Loyal Clients:
As a Retirement Income Source, the team at Stearns Retirement Group will continue to provide you with the outstanding service and individualized attention you’ve grown accustomed to. We remain committed to helping you:
- Lower the risk to your retirement savings from economic uncertainties
- Reduce, and possibly eliminate, your exposure to stock market risk
- Establish renewable streams of income you can count on well into retirement
Our premium services are designed
to help maximize your retirement resources.
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