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photo credit: Dominic Scaglioni Welcome to the most recent Edition of the Carnival of Retirement. If you want to submit a post for next week’s edition, please use the submission form. Next week’s edition will be hosted by My Personal Finance Journey. Dr. Dean from The Millionaire Nurse published A Valentine’s Day: Make A Choice,…

My Retirement Blog participated in the following carnivals recently. Yakezie Carnival at Steadfast Finances Carnival of Financial Camaraderie at Newlyweds on a Budget Totally Money at 20’s Finances Canadian Finance Carnival at Canadian Finance Blog Carnival of Financial Planning at Skilled Investor Blog Carnival of Retirement at Financial Success for Young Adults

Many Americans are planning for retirement earlier than ever. While the reality is that tough economic conditions may force them to retire years later than they wanted, this is having the dual affect of encouraging more foresight and planning. With an increasing number of families struggling to afford college tuitions, student loan payments, mortgages, and…

I’m spending today watching the Super Bowl rather than blogging but I do want to give a quick thanks to the following blogs for including my posts in their Carnivals. Yakezie Carnival at The Amateur Financier Canadian Finance Carnival at Canadian Finance Blog Carnival of Financial Planning at The Amateur Finacier

My wife and I watched the series finale of “Extreme Makeover” on the big screen at a local movie theater. The show was a big deal around here because it featured Joplin and lots of local people were affected by the tornado and/or were involved in the Extreme Makeover home build. The following carnivals were…

I haven’t been posting much lately but with the new year I am making a commitment to start posting here on a more regular basis. There will be at least one new post a week. In the meantime here are some other retirement articles for you to enjoy. Social Security Benefits for Divorced Spouses at…

The following infographic from Mercer shows that workers in the U.S., U.K., and Canada do not feel that they are ready for retirement. Infographic by Mercer Insights

The following is a post on behalf of Money Supermarket. Americans know that they will have to fund a large part of their retirement if they wish to live the lifestyle that they have become accustomed to. Many people are now checking for the best savings accounts at moneysupermarket and other such websites in order…

I was contacted by Remake America, a new docuseries from the same producers as The Biggest Loser who are looking for families in need. They will be covering issues such as foreclosure, education, unemployment, debt, adoption, retirement, health insurance, etc. They are hoping that some of the readers of this blog might want to be…