Can You Afford to Retire?
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Many Boomers are reaching retirement age and asking themselves this question and finding that they are disappointed in the answer. Fortunately, there are ways to get back on track if you find yourself straying on the final straightaway. There is a plethora of advice and many tools at your disposal should you seek them out. Numerous experts have talked on this topic and have covered most scenarios that you could find yourself in. However, this advice is not all cut and dry, your situation is wholly unique to you and as such demands a personally tailored plan. You need to sit down, find out your current expenditures and extrapolate from that what you expect to spend in retirement. You need to know how much you will be getting from Social Security, when you will be filing, and just how much longer you will need to work to make your plan come to fruition. For more information on this subject, visit this article by Robert Powell with USA Today.