My Retirement Blog

Category: Retirement

  • The Retirement Fitness Challenge – Book Giveaway

    I was recently given a copy of the book, The Retirement Fitness Challenge: Shape Up Your Finances and Make Your Money Last a Lifetime, by Mark Bautis to review. Since I do write for a retirement blog this book was just the kind of financial book I like to read. The book uses the analogy…

  • Net Worth TV Presents 5 Keys to Growing Wealth

    The Net Worth TV show with Terry Bradshaw covers a variety of wealth management topics on a regular basis. One of the most important topics in wealth management is growing your personal wealth. Growing your personal wealth is the key to retiring early, and living the lifestyle that you want to, when you want to.…

  • Types Of Retirement Plans – 401K and IRA

    Knowing that you should be contributing to a retirement plan is one thing; picking out the right retirement plan for you is another. There are numerous retirement plans to choose from today, so let’s look at a few of them and what they are all about. Betterment.com IRAs There are two different types of Individual…

  • Making Retirement Savings Last

    Most senior citizens have a morbid fear of retirement and the loss of income that comes with this life-changing situation. This is quite easy to understand because retirement comes with several unanswered questions. In most cases, the most significant question is; “how long will the retirement savings last?” Other questions which bother retired people are…

  • Making Your Savings Last in Retirement

    One of the most common fears of those nearing retirement is that their savings will not last for the entirety of their retirement.  Assuming you have saved enough that a reasonable withdrawal rate (3 or 4% for most people) will cover your current expenses there are three primary dangers to your retirement savings.  These dangers…

  • Riskiest Investments for People at or Near Retirement

    Phil Cannella is a Master IRA Advisor and the CEO of Retirement Media Inc.

  • The Next Three, Five-to-Seven Years

    How I See the Scenarios for the Financial Markets Playing Out Bitter Medicine I do not have a crystal ball, and I am sure this will get an overflow of opinions from our Readers, but I am going to go ahead and try to give a couple of different scenarios/predictions of global economics. First, I…

  • Retirement Plan in Tatters

    Recently, we read a New York Times article by Joe Nocera called My Faith-Based Retirement.  It was a cheerless piece detailing the failure of 401k’s as an investment vehicle, the decline of pensions, the lack of employer-sponsored healthcare benefit plans and the consequent reduction of Boomer’s retirement expectations. A dreary, rain-drenched, out-in-the-street future was being…

  • Average Retirement Savings by Age 2012

    Average retirement savings by age is a popular topic. Everyone knows they need to save money for retirement but a lot of people are not saving any money for retirement and many more are not saving enough money for retirement.  If you would like to know how your retirement savings compare to those of others…