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Delaying Retirement as a Strategy to Deal With Financial Planning’s Uncertanties
Like so much in life, planning for your financial future in retirement is not easy. There are many unknowns, and many variables that even the best, most well-trained financial planners can’t adequately prepare you for. So, what should you do.…
Strategies for Earliest Retirement
If you’re of the mindset that retiring earliest is best, but your long-range financial projections don’t seem to support it, there are some strategies you might want to consider to achieve your goal. U.S. News & World Report contributor Craig…
More Thoughts on 401k Changes
In somewhat of a correlating report on President Trump’s “Strengthening Retirement Security in America” Executive Order ( see today’s Headline Post ), CNBC Personal Finance Reporter Sarah O’Brien offers conjecture on what might be happening this fall in the area…
Reflections on President Trump’s Executive Order on Retirement Savings
As the Labor Day Holiday Weekend arrived, President Trump traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to officially sign his latest Executive Order, “ Strengthening Retirement Security in America .” As explained in the numerous media accounts of the event, this presidential…
The Links Between Saving and Early Retirement
While retiring early seems to be a growing trend, it’s important to keep in mind the fact that the longer you need to fund those retirement years, the larger nest egg you’ll need to amass. And in addition, the lesser…
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…
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…
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…
Navigating Financial Obstacles in Retirement
It can be a mine field, this process of building and managing a solid retirement financial picture. In fact, this mine filed is strewn with obstacles that can derail one’s financial plans quickly. Fox Business reporter Leia Klingel, in a…
No 401k? Don’t Give Up…You Still Have Options
The problem of inadequate wealth accumulation for one’s future retirement security is an issue appearing frequently–some would say constantly–in the financial media these days. You’ve no doubt seen the statistics, like the National Institute on Retirement Security’s conclusion that 66%…