Since the day we start working, most dream of retirement. Now, for those of us who are in the retirement age bracket (and are willing to admit it), we know that in our youth thinking about the big step to retirement did not include aches and pains, children moving back home, grandparents becoming parents, personal…
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Saving For Retirement – The Key To Success
Life has gotten complicated: with the dysfunction and debacles in Washington, the constant loom of interest rates rising, the unemployment numbers hovering and personal/business stress at an all time high, saving for retirement has seemed to have taken a back seat to fear, saving for college, and just keeping our head above water. I seem…
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Suddendly Single
The great American dream: you meet the love of your life, you date, get married; perhaps have 2.3 kids, the whole white picket fence thing. And then the unthinkable happens: due to natural or unnatural causes, you lose your beloved. You find yourself suddenly alone: eating alone, sleeping alone, trying to do the things you…
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Retirement Income Projections – The Main Factors To Consider
There are two stages in our life with regard to money: the accumulation phase, from the time we start working until retirement. In the beginning, we focus on the accumulation phase: the time sacrifice now for a great life later. During the accumulation stage, which may stretch forty years or so, we diligently put away…
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