• A Fixed Term SPIA Makes Great Retirement Financial Sense

    Updated: 2012-05-30 22:40:04
    In retirement, a guaranteed income can reduce your stress and allow you a less-panicked approach to retirement investing. With no pension, you may be relying on Social Security as your only assured retirement income stream. Buying a life annuity can guarantee that extra income and makes great retirement financial sense if your resources are limited. The only reason that retirees [...]

  • How Does a Retirement Calculator Work

    Updated: 2012-05-29 22:34:54
    Any retirement calculator takes the numbers below and combines them as described to help you make an estimate of the number you desire, such as: how much monthly income you will have in retirement OR How much income you will need OR How much savings you'll need to meet your retirement income goals Your current age tells the retirement calculator [...]

  • Know the Pros and Cons of Online Retirement Calculator

    Updated: 2012-05-28 20:15:34
    Click to immediately use our retirement calculator. However, to better understand what a retirement calculator will tell you, read on. The purpose of every retirement calculator is to tell you one or both of these two pieces of information: how much you need to save (usually per month) to be able to retire or how big of a nest egg [...]

  • May 27, Baby boomer refinancing

    Updated: 2012-05-27 23:56:02
    Baby boomer refinancing...the underwriting criteria has changed

  • Pre-Retirement Age Checklist

    Updated: 2012-05-27 20:38:39
    The discipline of retirement planning makes you feel comfortable and assured and provides a roadmap for a new phase of life. Here's a list of questions to get you into the swing of things. Searching out constructive answers for your situation will put you in control. The questions are grouped according to 7 basic retirement planning areas: Your company retirement [...]

  • Forced Retirement Age Before Your Spouse?

    Updated: 2012-05-26 21:12:09
    Today, many couples both work. They may plan to retire together, but sometimes unexpected layoffs force one spouse out of a job at a retirement age earlier than expected. If he's the higher earner, lack of fulltime job prospects can force him into permanent retirement. What should the couple do to generate sufficient retirement income? Adapt to a Pre-retirement Strategy [...]

  • May 25, Frugal couponing

    Updated: 2012-05-25 23:31:52
    Frugal couponing...save money and help the needy...it's a win-win

  • Is Relocation a Way to Have an Early Retirement Age?

    Updated: 2012-05-25 22:43:28
    Many financial planners will tell you the best way to save for retirement is to start young and consistently put aside a portion of your salary into a retirement savings vehicle. And some people certainly do that. But if you're like many of us, you didn't save as much as you could, and now you're looking for some last minute [...]

  • Retirement Options that Affect Your Retirement Age

    Updated: 2012-05-24 21:05:54
    You are at the stage where you could retire or not. A recent study has found five trade-off circumstances that affect an employee's decision to retire or not. Let's review the findings of these effects and the retirement options. Increase retirement wealth versus prospects for good work earnings effect Employees who have experienced significant increases in their wealth - in [...]

  • May 25, Frugal travel tips

    Updated: 2012-05-24 02:30:12
    Frugal travel tips... The fully informed traveler does not have to pay a fortune for vacation

  • Retirement Advice on Life Insurance

    Updated: 2012-05-23 20:17:17
    Perhaps you've reached retirement, have no dependents, and now feel life insurance is unnecessary for you. You may be right. But if, later, you've accumulated debts and want them covered when you die, you may choose to do it with life insurance - or an alternative. Here's some retirement advice on various options with life insurance. Retirement advice on using [...]

  • Retirement Advice: How to Earn Money in Retirement

    Updated: 2012-05-22 21:11:23
    Some approaching or arriving at the traditional retirement ages recognize that they'll have to continue working into their retirement years. Workers without traditional employer-sponsored pensions and retiree health plans often need to work until they qualify for Social Security and Medicare and gain access to their retirement plans. Our recent recessionary environment has left many out of a job and [...]

  • Retirement Advice on Estate Planning – It's Not Just for Wealthy

    Updated: 2012-05-22 08:27:10
    You may hear a lot of retirement advice regarding wills and trusts. These words sound like things that only the wealthy need consider but there's lot more to state planning that's important for all. Estate planning is an essential part of retirement planning although many people aren't aware of all that it encompasses. It is not good retirement advice to [...]

  • Managing Taxes in Retirement

    Updated: 2012-05-21 17:12:03
    It is a fact that every dollar paid in income taxes is one less dollar available for retirement. Therefore, it makes a great deal of sense to minimize your tax bill – something that can be done with a modest amount of planning. The first step in getting started is to understand how tax brackets [...]

  • May 19, 4 Best Ways to Save Money

    Updated: 2012-05-19 06:00:16
    4 best ways to save money...and expand your retirement possibilities

  • May 18, Baby Boomer Retirement Obstacles

    Updated: 2012-05-18 22:14:07
    Baby Boomer Retirement Obstacles...there are four major factors working against us

  • May 18, Active Retirement...What does it mean?

    Updated: 2012-05-18 21:51:12
    Active retirement..what does it mean to you the retiree

  • May 17, Retiring to Nicaragua

    Updated: 2012-05-17 17:32:57
    Retiring to Nicaragua...like retiring to Costa Rica for less

  • May 16, Volunteer Service -- A Living Library

    Updated: 2012-05-16 15:43:33
    Learn about a unique volunteer service for senior experts: becoming part of a living library. Douglas College loans human experts as well as books.

  • May 16, Retire on Gozo

    Updated: 2012-05-16 15:39:37
    Join those who choose to retire on Gozo in the Mediterranean. Read the views of a current resident.

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