Articles in Retirement
Control Your Emotions!
5/22/2013, 2:00 am from Financial Planning Association in Personal Finance, Retirement
By FPA member, Richard Durso, CFP ®
Last Updated: May 13, 2013 Having a plan in place is a good way to achieve long-term,
goal-oriented financial success, but what if you... Read >>
Try Something New With an Encore Career
5/17/2013, 8:26 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
Jeff Landre is in the vanguard of a new type of retiree: the
encore careerist. For most of his working life, Landre held
management positions in field service and global logistics at
technology... Read >>
Automatic 401(k) Saving Features No Fail-Safe to Retirement Success
5/15/2013, 8:03 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
If your 401(k) is on autopilot, it may be time to grab the
wheel. A growing number of employers are adding automatic features to
these workplace retirement-savings vehicles, typically sweeping... Read >>
Hope for Retirement
5/7/2013, 8:23 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
Several months ago I got a panicked phone call from a TV news
reporter. Fidelity had just released a report showing that people
should expect to save eight times their final salary in order... Read >>
What's Your Retirement Number?
5/6/2013, 8:22 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
Imagine planning for a vacation you'll be taking some 20, 30 or
even 40 years from now. You don't know where it will be, how much
it will cost or how long it will last, but you're tasked... Read >>
How to Reach Your Retirement Target
5/6/2013, 8:21 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
Given that you can't know your final income when you're still
25, most retirement planners recommend that you save 10% to 15% of
your salary in a retirement account, starting from day one. Keep... Read >>
Who Can Transfer IRA Funds to Charity?
5/1/2013, 8:49 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
Is the ability to transfer money from an IRA to charity
available only to those over 70½? If so, why? SEE ALSO: The IRS Cracks Down on IRA Mistakes Yes, you have to be at least age... Read >>
Help Students by Funding a Scholarship
4/30/2013, 8:46 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
Perhaps you had a wonderful college adventure that you want
students today to experience. Or you would like to help local
low-income students with their college costs. If you're... Read >>
Tap an IRA Early, Delay Social Security
4/29/2013, 7:59 am from Kiplinger in Personal Finance, Retirement
It's conventional wisdom that you should delay tapping your IRA
as long as you can. There's also the tendency of most retirees to
claim Social Security benefits as soon as possible. The... Read >>
Will Congress Screw Seniors?
4/27/2013, 2:01 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy, Retirement
How many of the elderly live totally on social security benefits live better and better every year? It seems that social security is designed as a declining real benefit program. Yet the... Read >>