Easy Steps to Revive Your 401(k) Retirement Account
Sunday, July 5th, 2009Easy Steps To Revive Your 401(k) Retirement Account It’s time for the good news first: in recent weeks, the stock market has soared considerably, which means that your 401(k) retirement account is looking forward to a bright future. The bad news? The damage that the recession has done – and could potentially continue to do [...]
Setting Concrete Retirement Goals
Sunday, July 5th, 2009Know your ultimate financial goal for retirement and save until you get there. That’s the basic advice that every investment advisor will tell you when you settle in to discuss your retirement savings – but how do you know what that final number should be? Sure, you can guess at how much you’ll need to [...]
How To Avoid 401(K) Retirement Sticker Shock
Sunday, June 21st, 2009If you haven’t already received your 401(k) retirement statement, get ready for a bombshell in your mailbox. Thanks to the fluctuating markets – along with the growing threat of inflation – balances for your retirement savings could be at an all-time low. For those on the verge of retirement, it’s time to learn ways to [...]
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 [...]
Wealthy Retirement Made Simple
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009So you want to retire a millionaire, but you’re not sure how you can make it happen (besides winning the lottery, of course)? Despite popular belief, reaching your retirement age as a full-fledged millionaire can be quite simple – if you make your savings and investments work for you, that is! Read on for the [...]
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 [...]
Are You A Female Baby Boomer? What You Need To Know About Retirement
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Despite the great strides that women have made over the last century, when it comes to retirement, women are still lagging behind at an alarming rate. As a recent report from the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement indicates, women are more likely than men to retire in poverty – and are three times as [...]
Buy-and-Hold or Market Timing?
Sunday, April 12th, 2009The battle rages on between the two opposing camps, with each claiming victory for a short time before another round swings the pendulum the other way. I am talking about the opposing views of the “buy-and-hold” advocates, and the “market timing” fans. Which is best? The answer, unsurprisingly, is that it depends on what [...]
Worried About Your Retirement? It’s Time To Relax
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Let’s face it – unless you’re a savvy saver, you’ve probably lost sleep over your impending retirement at some point or another. Maybe you’re worried that inflation will eat away at your 401(k) retirement fund, or you won’t be able to afford rising medical costs in another decade or two. Whatever the case may be, [...]
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