Tag: Retirement
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9 Ways to Save for Retirement
We all know that if you want to retire, you’ll need something to live on in the bank. This article, 9 Ways to Save More Money for Retirement, listed their methods to boost retirement savings.
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5 Ways to Ruin Your Retirement
The following is a post from staff writer Crystal at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, where she writes about finding the balance between paying your bills, saving for your future, and budgeting for the fun stuff along the way. When I saw this article, 5 Easy Ways to Ruin Your Retirement, I knew what I…
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15 Ways to Ensure a Successful Retirement – Part 2
The following is a post from staff writer Crystal from Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, where she writes about finding the balance between paying your bills, saving for your future, and budgeting for the fun stuff along the way. Yesterday I took a look at how my husband and I are doing according to the…
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15 Ways to Ensure a Successful Retirement – Part 1
The following is a post from staff writer Crystal from Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, where she writes about finding the balance between paying your bills, saving for your future, and budgeting for the fun stuff along the way. I was reading this article, 15 Ways to Never Run Out of Money, and was wondering…
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There is Life After Retirement
The following is a staff writer post from Crystal at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, where she covers spending, savings, and the fun stuff along the way. According to these survey results from Trilogy by Shea Homes, retiring baby boomers are truly enjoying life after retirement. Past generations may have found it difficult to transition…
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Retirement Article Roundup
Since I have been too lazy to write my own posts for this blog lately I thought I would share with you a few retirement related posts from the past couple Carnival of Personal Finance and elsewhere. “How to select the right IRA beneficiary” from Wealth Pilgrim. He basically says the youngest beneficiary is the…
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5 Risks to Your Retirement
There are many risks to your retirement savings. Here are five of the more common ones. Starting too late – When you are young it seems like retirement is far way. However, by starting to invest for your retirement while you are young it will be much easier to save enough for a comfortable retirement.…
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Don’t Cash Out Your 401(k)
When I read the statistics from Vanguard, in their How America Saves 2008 report, I was astounded by the statistic that 60% of Americans who change jobs will cash out their 401(k). That’s right, for every ten people that switch jobs, six will take all the money they’ve diligently saved into their 401(k) accounts and…
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Don’t Cash Out Your 401(k)
A recent survey from Bank of America found that 18% of respondents admitted to withdrawing money from their retirement accounts early to help pay for credit card debt, mortgage payments, and job losses. It’s a difficult time for everyone but cashing out your 401(k) should be seen as a last resort because it is so…