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What your Wealth Gap Score actually meansScore 75–100% — Strong foundationYou have most of the pieces in place. Your inc...
06/25/2026

What your Wealth Gap Score actually means

Score 75–100% — Strong foundation
You have most of the pieces in place. Your income, tax strategies, and investment approach are largely aligned.
The opportunity at this score: coordination and optimization. Making sure everything works together — not just individually.
NEXT STEP: A strategy review to identify the highest-leverage optimizations in your specific situation.

Score 45–74% — Meaningful gaps
You’re doing some things well but have real gaps that are actively costing you.
At this score, the most common combination: good savings rate + undertaxed + no written plan.
NEXT STEP: A 30-minute call to prioritize which gaps to close first — the order matters as much as the action.
STAT: People in this range typically find $30,000–$80,000/year in recoverable wealth with the right strategy.

Score under 45% — Significant wealth gap
Your income and wealth are significantly misaligned. This is common — and it’s a strategy problem, not a discipline problem.
At this score, you likely have gaps in 3–4 of the 5 areas. The good news: every one of these is fixable.
NEXT STEP: Book a call. Not someday — this week. The gap compounds every year you wait.

The one thing every score has in common
Regardless of your score, the people who make the most progress are the ones who have a clear picture of where they stand and a plan for what to do next.
The scorecard gives you the picture. The 30-minute call builds the plan.

Haven’t taken the scorecard yet?
3 minutes. Personalized results. Specific next steps.
Comment SCORE or grab it from the link in bio → completely free

06/25/2026

My client is 44. He earns $380,000 a year, base plus bonus, at a tech company.

When we first sat down, he had: a maxed 401K, a brokerage account with $220,000 in it, and a vague sense that he should have more to show for 15 years of work..

He was right.

Here's what we found:

SAVINGS RATE:
He was saving 11% of gross income $41,800/year. For his income level and retirement goals (retire at 57 with $180,000/year in income), he needed to be closer to 22%. He had the room to do it. It just hadn't been calculated.

TAX STRATEGIES:
He was paying over paying in federal and state taxes. After reviewing his situation, we identified four strategies he wasn't using: mega backdoor Roth, HSA investment (he had $28,000 sitting in a cash HSA earning near zero), donor advised fund for his charitable giving, and income deferral into a non-qualified deferred comp plan available through his employer.

Combined tax reduction in year one: approximately $19,000.

INVESTMENT STRATEGY:
His brokerage account had 14 positions he couldn't describe the rationale for. His 401K was in a target-date fund he picked at enrollment in 2011. There was no coordination between the accounts.

We built a written investment policy, repositioned both accounts, and established a quarterly rebalancing process.

RESULT AT 12 MONTHS:
Savings rate: 22%. Tax bill: reduced by $19,000. Investments: coordinated. Disability gap: closed.

He didn't change jobs. He didn't get a raise. The numbers just finally had a strategy.

If this sounds like your situation reach out. calendly.com/bobbradley/60min

06/25/2026

AI isn’t slowing down. And Micron just proved it.

Micron reported blowout earnings after the bell yesterday:

• EPS beat by 17%
• Revenue beat by nearly 13%
• Revenue grew 345% year-over-year
• Earnings surged more than 1,200%
• Guidance raised well above expectations

The key takeaway?

The AI boom isn’t just benefiting chip designers anymore.

It’s creating a structural demand surge for memory and data infrastructure.

Micron’s CEO called memory a critical component of the AI era, and investors agreed. Shares surged after hours, lifting other memory-chip companies with them.

Meanwhile:

• Oil prices continue falling
• Inflation pressures may ease
• Markets are watching today’s PCE inflation report closely
• Rate-cut expectations remain alive despite recent rate-hike discussions

Today’s question:

Are we still in the early innings of the AI infrastructure buildout, or has the market already priced it in?

06/24/2026

Ask most people within 5 years of retirement what they've budgeted for healthcare.

Almost nobody has a real number.

Here's what the numbers actually look like because not having them is one of the most expensive oversights in retirement planning.

BEFORE MEDICARE (if you retire before 65):
The healthcare coverage gap is real and significant. A healthy 62-year-old couple looking at marketplace plans can expect to pay $1,200–$2,800/month in premiums depending on income and location even with premium tax credits at lower income levels.

For people planning to retire at 62: this is a 3-year gap before Medicare. At $1,500/month, that's $54,000 in premiums alone. Most retirement projections I review don't include this line at all.

AFTER MEDICARE:
Fidelity's annual estimate for healthcare costs in retirement for a 65-year-old couple: $315,000. That's Part B premiums ($174/month per person in 2024), Part D, Medigap or Medicare Advantage, and out-of-pocket costs — averaged over a 20-year retirement.

LONG-TERM CARE — THE NUMBER THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING:
Average nursing home cost: $9,000–$12,000/month
Average home health aide: $4,500–$6,500/month
Average length of care needed: 2–3 years
Percentage of people who will need some form of long-term care: ~70%

Most people's plan for long-term care: "My family will handle it."

That's not a plan. It's an assumption that will either cost your family or cost your savings.

Three real options exist: traditional LTC insurance, hybrid life/LTC policies, or self-insurance with a dedicated pool of assets. All three are worth understanding before you retire.

06/24/2026

Tech stocks just got a reality check.

Micron fell more than 13% yesterday.

Sandisk dropped nearly 14%.

Western Digital lost over 8%.

And suddenly, investors are asking the same question:

Is the AI trade running out of steam?

Maybe not.

While chip stocks sold off, the bigger story may be happening elsewhere:

• Oil prices continue falling
• Inflation pressures could ease
• Rate hike fears may fade
• Future Fed cuts could come back into focus

Meanwhile, economic data remains surprisingly resilient.

Manufacturing activity beat expectations.
Services activity expanded.
And investors now turn their attention to two major catalysts:

1. Micron earnings after today's close
2. The Fed's preferred inflation report (PCE) on Thursday

The next 48 hours could determine whether this pullback becomes a buying opportunity or the start of a larger correction.

The question investors should be asking isn't:

"Why did stocks fall yesterday?"

It's:

"What happens if inflation cools while AI demand remains strong?"

That's where things get interesting.

What are you watching more closely right now?

AI earnings or inflation data?

06/23/2026

The market story most investors are missing isn't AI.

It's small caps.

Yesterday, the Russell 2000 hit another all-time high and is now up 21.1% year-to-date, outperforming every major index.

Meanwhile:

• Nasdaq: +12.6% YTD
• S&P 500: +9.2% YTD
• Dow: +7.6% YTD
• Mid-Caps: +15.2% YTD
• Small-Caps: +21.1% YTD

While AI continues to dominate headlines, money has quietly been flowing into smaller companies and biotech stocks.

This week's biggest market catalysts:

• Micron earnings Wednesday
• PCE Inflation Report Thursday
• Final Q1 GDP estimate Thursday

The big question:

If inflation continues to cool and oil prices keep falling, does the Fed still need to consider another rate hike later this year?

Markets are starting to price in a different possibility.

Are small caps finally beginning a multi-year run, or is this just a temporary rotation?

What's your outlook for the second half of 2026?

06/22/2026

Markets finished higher last week, but the headlines don't tell the full story.

Investors are focusing on three key themes:

1. Cooling inflation
The Fed's preferred inflation measure (PCE) is released this week and could provide important clues about the path of interest rates.

2. Economic resilience
GDP data arrives this week, adding another test of whether the economy can continue outperforming expectations.

3. The AI growth story
Micron reports earnings Wednesday, giving investors another look at demand trends tied to the AI boom. Strong earnings have been one of the biggest reasons stocks continue pushing higher.

Meanwhile, easing geopolitical tensions and lower oil prices have helped improve investor sentiment and reduce inflation concerns.

This week's market-moving events:
• PCE Inflation Report
• GDP Revision
• Micron Earnings

The market's message remains clear: strong earnings, improving productivity, and AI-driven growth continue to provide support despite ongoing uncertainty.

What do you think will have the biggest impact on markets this week: inflation data, GDP, or AI earnings?

06/22/2026

We recently started sending out our Wealth Gap Scorecard.

Here's what the results are showing.

The most common gap across all respondents: no written financial plan. 78% of people who completed the scorecard scored 0 or 1 on that question. They have accounts. They don't have a plan.

The second most common: tax strategy. 71% are using zero or one advanced tax strategy beyond maxing their 401K. At income levels of $150K–$300K, this is tens of thousands of dollars per year in unnecessary tax.

The third most common: investment strategy. 65% describe their investment approach as "my 401K is on autopilot" or "I have accounts but no coordinated strategy."

Only 18% of people who completed the scorecard said they felt their wealth was keeping pace with their income.

Here's what this tells me:

The problem isn't awareness. People know they should have a plan. The problem is that no one has ever sat down with them and built one.

If you haven't taken the scorecard yet it will tell you in 3 minutes whether you're in the 18% or the 82%.

06/19/2026

The wealth gap is real. Here's what the data says:

The top 10% of earners by income hold significantly less wealth than you'd expect because income and wealth accumulation are two different skills, and most people are only taught one of them.

Here are 5 numbers that tell the story:

$1,200,000: the difference in wealth at retirement between a high earner saving 8% vs. 20% of a $200,000 income over 20 years at 7% returns. Same income. Same job. The gap is the strategy.

37% — The marginal federal tax rate for income above $609K. For many high earners, effective rates of 28–32% mean $50,000–$80,000 in taxes annually that legal strategies could significantly reduce.

1 in 4 — The odds that a 35-year-old will experience a disability lasting 90 days or longer before retirement. Most high earners' group coverage would replace 40–50% of actual take-home after taxes. The gap is enormous.

21% — The percentage of Americans with a written financial plan. For high earners, the irony is that the people with the most to plan for are often the least likely to have a plan.

$245,000 — The additional wealth created over 20 years by reducing your effective tax rate by just 3% on a $200K income and investing the savings. Three percent.

None of these are abstract. They're the numbers behind the conversations I have every week.

The Wealth Gap Scorecard tells you which of these 5 categories apply to your situation — takes 3 minutes! Comment for the link.

We can tell where someone's financial situation actually stands with 5 questions. These are them.Answer them honestly ev...
06/18/2026

We can tell where someone's financial situation actually stands with 5 questions. These are them.

Answer them honestly even if it's just to yourself.

Comment SCORE for our free Wealth Gap Scorecard — 3 minutes, personalized results

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