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 […]

The Million Dollar Question: Pension Lump-Sum or an Annuity?

  If you are fortunate enough to have a defined benefits pension plan at work, you may have a very important upcoming decision to make.  The task of deciding between a lifetime monthly payment or a 7 figure one-time payment can be daunting,  To compound the complexities, there are various different annuity options factoring in […]