Preparing for the Future: Online Education
Sunday, June 7th, 2009Are you worried that you degree might not be capable of giving you the edge on life you need? In a high paced, highly competitive society such as ours, having a bachelor’s degree or even a master’s degree isn’t always going to solve our monetary problems and secure our jobs for life. Fifty or sixty [...]
Retirement Planning For Those Starting Over
Sunday, June 7th, 2009These days, it’s not uncommon to find that many baby boomers are coming into their first divorce, may have lost a business, or have found themselves mired deeply in dept. These financial pitfalls are not just emotionally draining – they can have a devastating impact on your retirement savings if you don’t take the proper [...]
How to Mitigate Your Retirement Risks
Friday, June 5th, 2009We all work about 45 years to reach retirement. But when we stop working, we’re not separated from society nor are we near the time to meet the Grim Reaper (hopefully). So how do we make sure that the money we’ve saved so hard for retirement lasts us through ALL our retirement years? There [...]
Two Things That Can Heavily Affect Your Retirement Planning
Friday, June 5th, 2009America’s about to go broke. Well, that’s what many financial experts are proclaiming anyways. Thanks to the perfect storm of future inflation and the depleted funds of Social Security and Medicare, more people than ever are starting to break a little sweat when they think about the health of their retirement savings; some are even [...]
Want To Retire Early? Here’s What It Takes
Friday, May 29th, 2009Remember those dreams about early retirement? It can be easy to daydream another dreary 9-5 day with thoughts of sunny golf courses, exotic and undiscovered locations to travel to and more free time than you know what to do with. Of course, most people brush off the thoughts of an early retirement as just fantasy, [...]
Two Things That Can Heavily Affect Your Retirement Planning
Thursday, May 28th, 2009America’s about to go broke. Well, that’s what many financial experts are proclaiming anyways. Thanks to the perfect storm of future inflation and the depleted funds of Social Security and Medicare, more people than ever are starting to break a little sweat when they think about the health of their retirement savings; some are even [...]
Avoid These Classic 401(k) Retirement Mistakes
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Of course, not contributing to your 401(k) retirement fund is undoubtedly the biggest blunder that you can make as you approach your retirement age, no matter how appealing it may seem. Between the fluctuating market and overstretched budgets, cashing out your 401(k) retirement fund might start to look very tempting right about now. Yet if [...]
How to Prepare Your Bond Investments for Your Golden Years
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009For those stepping closer to retirement, do you know how to manage your bond portfolio? Most people don’t. In fact, despite a volatile market, most people still have a large percentage of their retirement assets in stocks. Conventional retirement planning wisdom, however, tells us that retirement assets should start moving into a bond portfolio within [...]
How Do I Manage My Investments?
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Like many people, you may have found that your investments have not done very well recently – in fact, you may even be delaying retirement for a couple of years to make up for your losses. If you are in a company 401(k) plan, you may have had typically only ten or twelve funds to [...]
Can I Retire Early?
Friday, May 15th, 2009It may surprise you in this current economic climate that people are still thinking about retiring early, but there are an increasing number of people who fully expect to be able to retire and pursue their hobbies or volunteering for an extended period following their careers. What are the secrets to being able to lower [...]
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