KRAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
If the state of your retirement plan is stressing you out, you’re far from alone.
In our opinion, most retirement income strategies are all wrong and do not address retirees’ most significant concerns, such as making the money last, taxes, estate planning, or even the best time to draw social security. Whether or not your current plan works is too important to leave to chance.
Maybe you’re frustrated with all the choices, financial jargon, and investment products. Perhaps it’s because you don’t know how much you need, how long it will last, and how to take what you’ve saved and convert it into a predictable stream of income over a period that could span years or decades.
Retirement is a game-changer, and it requires a different strategy from your working years.
We can help. You need a more definitive path – you need more predictable outcomes in your retirement plan focused on the things you can control.
So, we have created a simple 3 step process to help get you started:
Discovery
We talk. Either a face to face meeting in our office or something as easy as a 15-minute phone call. It’s just to make sure our services and what you are looking for align together.
Design
Choose a program and build a plan. Are you still working, or are you already retired? Do you work for AT&T or do you work somewhere else?
Deploy
Check it off the to-do list – you have a retirement plan in place.
Our process synchronizes financial planning, investing, and advice to help you stay on track. Imagine entering retirement with a plan in place that tells you exactly where your desired cash flow is going to come from. It makes the transition to retirement less stressful. We also can take care of all the behind-the-scenes work and even direct deposit your retirement paycheck to your bank account as outlined in your plan.
We’ve simplified the retirement process for hundreds of families. We want to help guide you to a more positive future.
Our services start with a simple phone call.
Let us help you find the way retirement should feel. Schedule an appointment today – and let’s discover what’s possible.
"We believe in the power of communication. We are here to help, so get in touch if you ever want to chat about your retirement plans – big or small."
We Know What You Are Looking For
Independent
As an independently owned and operated business, our allegiance is solely to you. We are not owned by or affiliated with any other entity, so our advice and creativity is unconstrained.
Experienced
We live and breathe retirement income planning, so educating you on the best way to manage this stage of life is of the utmost importance. We help people make important decisions in the face of irreducible uncertainty.
Fiduciary
Now more than ever people are tired of financial advisors who are not 100% focused on their goals. KCM has a fiduciary responsibility to always place our client’s interests ahead of our own. Period.
Comprehensive
Our personalized advice is not limited to investing. We also provide personal financial planning to help you and your family make smart decisions with your money.
Collaborative
It is our passion to work together with you to solve your financial problems. We are trusted advisers and educators and do not sell any proprietary financial products. We are an organizer; a facilitator of technology and a sounding board for the tough life/retirement decisions our clients need to make.
Responsive
Our priority is to be available when you need us. In person, over the phone, and digitally, to provide you with timely advice and respond promptly to your needs.
Efficient
We outsource many administrative activities to allow us to focus exclusively on your needs. We are always testing new technology to enhance our clients’ experience. Innovation is a key driver at Kraus Capital and that allows us to bring you the very best tools and technology available.
Focused
We manage your investment assets using time-tested, academic strategies. No Wall Street model here – no proprietary products and no pressure to sell certain investments. We have the freedom to choose investment options and specifically tailor the approach to what’s best suited for you.
"We view ourselves as more of a creative design firm – helping our clients solve their retirement problems by answering questions that can’t be looked up on the internet."
-Brian Kraus
The KCM Experience
The financial services industry is confusing and overwhelming. The world is a noisy, awesome, busy place. In the craziness of it all, you found us. We appreciate it.
We are a small business with a big vision. We see a world of people with many paths to a simple shared goal of health, happiness, and a secure retirement. We believe in the power of empathy, academics, and technology to further that pursuit.
You are unlike anyone else. That’s why we utilize a comprehensive process to ensure we are understanding, prioritizing and acting on what’s most important to you. We believe our role as your trusted advisor is to help you have a successful retirement experience. We invest on a long-term basis using the evidence of how markets have rewarded wealth over time. We develop, create and manage broadly diversified portfolios and strive to keep our clients well informed and disciplined under all market conditions.