What’s the best lockheed martin pension benefit option?
Our Lockheed Martin clients in the Syracuse and Owego plants often ask for our recommendation on how to elect their pension payment. Take the hypothetical example: John works at Lockheed Martin in Syracuse and his life only pension benefit is $5,000/month, or $60,000/year. At the other extreme, his 100% survivorship benefit is $4,000/month, or […]
Lockheed Martin 401(k) plan fund changes
Lockheed Martin announced a change to their current 401(k) plan lineup. Aside from some funds being renamed, the major changes are: Retiring the Global Real Estate Fund. This eliminates exposure to REIT’s in the plan unless you invest in a Target Date Fund Retiring the Emerging Markets Indexed Equity Fun. This change eliminates exposure to […]
Lockheed Martin resources
A good portion of our clients are employees of Lockheed Martin’s plant in Syracuse. As a result, we receive a lot of questions about Lockheed’s Martin benefit program, 401(k) allocation, etc. We took some time and did a deep dive into their benefits package and highlighted some areas you don’t want to overlook if you […]
How to save additional tax advantaged money in the Lockheed Martin 401(k) plan
A common question we receive from clients: “How can I save more money in a tax advantaged way?” Fortunately, if you are an employee of Lockheed Martin you have a unique opportunity. As us nerds call it, the “Mega Backdoor Roth IRA” is a strategy available in 401(k) plans that allow for after-tax 401(k) contributions […]
