retirement
Social Security Reform: The Conversation Must Start Now!
In an article recapping sentiments expressed at a Capitol Hill pubic education session conducted by Funding Our Future , Investment News contributing editor Mary Beth Franklin stressed that the time is at hand to start the serious conversation needed to…
Tales of the FIRE movement: “Financial Independence, Retire Early”
There’s a cultural shift evolving across the blogger community, and it involves folks putting their dreams of vacating the 9-to-5 world as early as possible into play. In a www.marketwatch.com article by Alessandra Malito, anecdotal accounts of two who have…
Worried About Retirement Finances? So’s Your Employer!
Retirement research firm TIAA recently concluded that employers–as sponsors of retirement plans–share their employees concerns about financial security in retirement. Of particular note is the level of concern about the health care costs in later years. In a post on…
Thoughts on Social Security Reform
With the future of Social Security drawing more and more attention with each passing year, it’s interesting to see the variety of articles surfacing that offer projections on what’s likely to happen come 2034. Forbes Contributor Elizabeth Bauer, in a…
Retirement Savings Options Getting Increased Attention?
A post on www.law.com by Joseph N. Frabizzio examines what appears to be an uptick in legislative interest in retirement savings plans, citing the recently-introduced Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 (RESA, S. 2526) as an indicator that “savings…
Looking at “Retirement” Differently
Forbes contributor Prudy Gourguechon, in a post on www.forbes.com, challenges the very definition of the word “retirement,” labeling it as “destructive” and “remarkably poor” in terms of its applicability to today’s thinking. Espousing the replacement phrase “starting older,” she notes…
So, you want to be a millionaire at retirement? Here’s a pathway to getting there.
The statistics…and the news reports covering those statistics…seem to be relentlessly stressing how financially unprepared future retirees are. And to further compound the confusion, just about every few days we see a new projection of how much you’ll need to…
The Hidden Impact of Drawing from Retirement Funds Early
Just about everybody knows that the pathway to a secure and comfortable retirement is the accumulation of a nest egg. And one of the surest ways to build this nest egg is to stick to a steady plan of contributing…
More Thoughts on Filing at Age 62
The ongoing debate on the merits of deferring one’s Social Security filing date generates a fair amount of press, with some arguments explaining why it can be appropriate to file early and others strongly advocating waiting until full retirement age…
Retirement Decisions and How They’re “Framed”
“Framing”…are ensuring that all aspects of a decision are clearly understood, is critical to the success of financial decisions you’ll make for retirement. Using Social Security filing as an example, economics editor for American Public Media’s weekly “Marketplace Money” show…