If you’re five to 10 years away from retirement, it’s time to start getting specific about your plans after exiting your career.
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If you have read any literature on retirement planning or have received advice from a financial professional, chances are you were presented with the 70% rule
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401(k) plans were established by Congress to encourage individual savings towards retirement. Offered through employers, the plans are generally available to
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With more than 10,000 Baby Boomers crossing the retirement threshold every day, the Social Security check writing machine has kicked into overdrive.
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A recent survey by HelloWallet has reignited concerns over the future state of retirement in the U.S. The survey reveals that 25 percent of people holding funds
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The need for retirement planning didn’t really exist until well into the 1970s. Up to that point, people worked until age 65, spent a few years in leisure
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Today’s retirees are finding that retirement requires at least as much psychological and emotional preparation as it does financial preparation. So, retirement
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The saving versus paying off debt is an age-old quandary that has plagued people since the advent of consumer debt. Pose this question to a group of financial
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Everyone can learn some valuable lessons from Warren Buffet, arguably the most successful investor of all time. Buffet has two strict rules about investing that
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Social Security was never intended to be an income source that could support you in retirement. Rather, its sole purpose was to provide a safety net for people
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With the long financial nightmare of the recession and financial crisis shrinking in the memories of those who endured it, Americans are, once again, setting
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When financial planners first began to calculate retirement income needs back in the 1970s and 1980s, many of them latched on to the "70 percent" rule, which
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