Pretend You’re Retired for a Month
Lessons to learn from this experiment. Retirement is ideally a happy time of your life, freeing you up to do things you’ve long postponed. However, the prospect of retirement can Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Retirement
62, 67, 70: When Will You Retire?
The financial considerations of retiring “earlier” or “later” If you can retire by choice, the question of “when” comes to mind. Here’s a look at the pros and cons of Continue Reading →
Save and Invest Without Even Thinking About It
Automate your retirement planning and wealth-building approach. Build your emergency fund with automatic transfers. Practically any bank or credit union can arrange daily, weekly, or per-paycheck transfers of money from Continue Reading →
Working a Little After You Retire
What should you remember as you look for a job? Finding work at age 60 or 65 is decidedly harder than finding work at 30 or 35. It can be Continue Reading →
A Look Inside the Average 401(k) Plan: How Your Plan Compares
As an employer, you face a challenge: attracting and retaining the right talent is necessary to drive your business forward. At the same time, you likely feel a responsibility to Continue Reading →
The Art of Staying Young and Active
How can you take years off your physical and mental age? What choices could make you feel and look better? A few good habits might make a difference. Eat healthy. Continue Reading →
Squeeze Play: Gen Xers Especially Feel the Pinch
Saving for retirement can challenge the best of us. For one group of employees, the challenge seems particularly daunting. Your mid-career colleagues, those between 36 and 56 years of age, Continue Reading →
401(k) Decisions — You Can Take It With You
If you are preparing to change jobs, do you know what your choices are for managing the money in your current employer’s retirement plan? Although many people choose to take Continue Reading →
Retirement Expectations vs. Reality
You can’t always envision what will happen in your “second act.” Just as few weathercasters can accurately forecast a month’s worth of temperatures and storms, many retirees find their futures Continue Reading →
Retiring? Take Control of Your Assets
Before mapping your retirement financial strategy, it’s important to figure out how much retirement income you may need. You’ll need to consider your housing cost, the length of your retirement, Continue Reading →