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Retiring Overseas is More Than a Matter of Money
….Once an outlier in retirement planning, moving to a foreign country is becoming increasingly popular, based on the hundreds of thousands of Social Security checks the government sends overseas. It’s understandable — among the advantages are drastically lower costs of…
How to Avoid Running Out of Money in Retirement
These strategies will help you prevent outliving your retirement savings One of the most common retirement concerns is spending down your savings too quickly and having to cut your standard of living in the later part of retirement. But there…
The Other Enemy of 401(k) Plans (and your retirement)
What government gives with one hand, it takes back with the other. I’m serious. We experience the taxation of Social Security benefits as a tax on money withdrawn from our retirement plans. Many middle-income retirees now are paying taxes on those…
James Contini: Social Security Benefits for Children
Each month, over a billion dollars is paid to children because one or both of their parents are disabled, retired or deceased. These payments are used to provide those children with income to pay for their expenses in order to…
Social Security – You’ve Earned It!
Social Security has been a MINOR topic of discussion during the past few political campaigns. It is expected to be one of the MAIN topics during the 2016 elections….This article contains basic information about Social Security…. Social Security has been an important factor…
Veteran GOP Strategist Paul Young Named Senior Adviser to Lindsey Graham
Portsmouth-based Republican will oversee NH as part of national role South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has begun building a New Hampshire team as he moves toward a presidential run. WMUR.com has learned that Paul Young, a Portsmouth-based veteran operative with more…
Clients’ Top Retirement Worry is Going Broke: AICPA
CPA financial planners in survey list their clients’ top retirement-related concerns Americans worry most about running out of money in retirement, according to a survey released in April by the American Institute of CPAs. The institute’s first quarter personal financial planners…
Studies are Bringing Some Unpleasant Realities About Retirement Planning to Light
As a rapidly increasing demographic, retiring baby boomers are getting a lot of attention, particularly in the area of financial health. Researchers are finding out many oldsters simply haven’t salted much away for retirement. Last fall, a Harris poll conducted for…
Understanding the Retirement Earnings Test
For most Americans, Social Security plays an important role in maintaining retirement security. Benefit payments represent an income stream that is free of default, investment, inflation and longevity (outliving your money) risks. In other words, regardless of economic and market conditions,…
Be Wary of Taking a ‘Pension Advance’
Today, traditional pension benefits are gold for retirees who receive them, as they’re fast disappearing from the workplace. But even with a pension, some retirees still struggle financially and sometimes have a need for extra cash because of unexpected bills or…