When or if you are or were working as an employee- or drawing income from a self-employed business every two weeks like clockwork, you received your paycheck. Taxes were taken out, and hopefully, so was your retirement contribution. You counted on it, budgeted for it, and knew it was there on time to pay your…
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Are You Missing This Items In Your Retirement Planning?
Last month's article, "How do I retire with the resources I have?" brought me a number of emails and calls with questions about the alternatives we all have as we approach and enter into retirement. When you really stop and think about it, combining going to school with getting married, having a career, raising kids,…
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How Do I retire With The Resources I Have
Retirement holds no guarantees these days with regard to consistent income. In our parents and grandparents generations, there were more givens to count on: most corporate pension plans were Defined Benefit Plans, providing a guaranteed monthly income for life. Social Security had a relatively constant cost of living raise, and the overall cost of living…
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You May Have More Money Than You Know
Recently, a friend made me aware of a New York State website that matches people with lost funds: old savings accounts, checks that were not cashed, forgotten or closed accounts, etc. Just for the fun of it, I went to the website (go to Google, type in nys unclaimed funds) and lo and behold- I…
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