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The Best Places For A Working Retirement In 2013
A retirement lifestyle increasingly can include part-time work to supplement pensions, Social Security, 401(k)’s, and other resources, or just to stay mentally engaged. Here’s our list (arranged alphabetically) of the 25 best U.S. cities–actually, metropolitan areas or divisions–for a working [Read more...]
5 Little Used 401(k) Features That Can Make You Wealthier
If you’re like the vast majority of Americans, you’re probably contributing to your employer’s retirement plan. But are you really taking full advantage of all it has to offer?
How Your Financial Records Can Help You Keep and Build Wealth
This is the time of year everyone starts to organize financial records that arrive in the mailbox and get rid of old ones gathering dust in home offices. You will inevitably scratch your head trying to remember how long to [Read more...]
How to Avoid Your Own “Second Term Blues”
As we recently witnessed with President Obama’s inauguration, second presidential terms tend to begin with a lot of excitement as the president feels he has a mandate and is unrestrained by the burden of having to run for re-election…
What’s Really Jeopardizing Your Retirement?
With all the attention on open enrollment, Halloween, and the presidential election, you probably haven’t noticed that we’re smack in the middle of National Save for Retirement Week, which was created by Senate Resolution 555 to focus attention on 3 [Read more...]
Avoid a $93,000 Bill For Your Dad’s Long-Term Care
It’s a challenge these days to plan for all the contingencies in our own retirement, including paying for long-term care insurance, without worrying about “filial responsibility” for our elderly parents…
What Young People Need to Know About Retirement
It’s too early for me to worry about retirement. That’s a common mindset of a lot of young people, including many of those we try to reach with our retirement education efforts…
Why You Need to Talk to Employees About Their Retirement Security
Published on TLNT.com I recently spoke to an employee who had decided, at age 54, that it was time to start focusing on retirement. Her goal was to retire at age 65, and she was wondering if that would be [Read more...]
Could We See The End Of The 401(k) As We Know It?
We all know that the federal government is running a massive budget deficit and looking for ways to cut spending and increase revenue. Some recent proposals intend to do this by targeting the tax benefits of retirement plan contributions, especially [Read more...]
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