St. Louis, MO – May 25, 2012 – For thirty-five years Thomas Helbig, founder of the Retirement Advisory Group, has watched several trends in the retirement planning market come and go.  But one thing has always remained consistent with all of his clients over the years, not one of them ever lost a dime in principal or gains as a result of following his advice.  That is a statement not many financial advisors can make.  Helbig, an Independent Advisor and Certified Senior Advisor, is a specialist in all aspects of retirement planning and has been educated so thoroughly in this niche market that he is one of the most knowledgeable authorities in the country.  He is also an approved Financial Advisor through the National Ethics Bureau and has been named a Five Star Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager three years in a row in the St. Louis Magazine.  This is an honor less than 7% of all Wealth Managers in his area have achieved.

Helbig’s book, The Boomers Guide to a Worry-Free Retirement, has proved to be a valuable resource to retirees as well as professional financial advisors.  With chapters like The Variable Annuity: Wall Street’s Famous Lemon; Safety Meets Growth in a Fixed Index Annuity; and How to Turn Your IRA into a “Family Legacy,” Helbig has succinctly defined the real risk in securities and outlined a safer path with above average returns.  Earlier this year Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and record-breaking shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, Ozzie Smith, joined Helbig at his book launch event attended by many of Helbig’s clients.  The book is now available through Amazon.

In addition to his role as an author, he is also a sought after speaker to audiences across the country at industry and public events. He was the keynote speaker at a conference attended by the top producers at Brokers International in Dallas, Texas.  He has been featured in Newsweek, St. Louis Magazine, and the St. Louis Post Dispatch as being one of the leading retirement planning specialists in the country. Because of his expertise and significant contributions to his industry, he will soon be featured in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today as one of the country’s leading “Trendsetters” in the financial services and retirement planning world.

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