Retirement Planning
Average Retirement Income 2017: How Do You Compare?
Where will your retirement income 2017 come from? The Big Takeaways… Research suggests that many retirees are living on remarkably little, though there are some…
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Debt
How to Prepare Your Retirement Plans for Rising Interest Rates
Interest rates impact our lives in a wide variety of ways – especially financial. Why Will Interest Rates Rise? Since 2008, interest rates have been at historic…
Retirement Planning
Best Retirement Calculator: Now Better than Ever…
The Boldin retirement calculator — named a best retirement calculator by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) — is a detailed and easy to use…
Annuities
5 Tips for Creating Retirement Income Streams
Americans are living longer than ever. That’s mostly great news for older adults. You now have more opportunities to enjoy family and enrich your community. Ho…
Retirement Planning
The Dumbest Retirement Questions Ever Asked
Okay, there really is no such thing as a stupid question. In fact asking questions — even “dumb” retirement questions — is a great way to learn about how to do…
Retirement Planning
A New Approach to Retirement Planning
An interview with Boldin’s founder, Stephen Chen, was featured on Forbes this week. The magazine hailed Boldin as “A New approach to Retirement Planning.” The…
Retirement Planning
Simple Living in Retirement: A Happy Retirement is the Ultimate Luxury
There’s a trend in retirement, and it’s not the luxurious life dripping with luxury vehicles and champagne breakfasts. A simpler and more modest approach has st…
Retirement Planning
Average Retirement Income 2016: How Does it Compare to Your Plans?
The average retirement income is probably a lot less than you think. As surprising as it might sound, the average American’s retirement income is barely over $1…
Retirement Planning
Planning for Retirement Through Life’s Stages
There’s no single way to go about planning for retirement. That’s not just true from person to person. It also changes dramatically as you age. Good retirement…
Retirement Planning
6 Ways Retirement Calculators Can Help You
The retirement calculator is an excellent retirement planning tool because it makes it easier for people to get a more accurate picture of what their financial…
Retirement Planning
Early Retirement Calculator: Crunch Your Numbers and Find Your Earliest Retirement Age
Early retirement isn’t an unattainable dream. It’s what you want out of life now and in retirement that determines when you can retire. An early retirement is n…
Retirement Planning
6 Financial and Retirement Planning Blogs You Should be Reading
The more you read, the more you know, and the more you read about retirement planning, financial planning and personal finance the better off you’ll be. You cou…
Retirement Planning
4 Ways to Make Your Modest Retirement Income Last
Not everyone has a million-dollar investment portfolio that one day will turn into retirement income. For most people, retirement isn’t filled with world travel…
Retirement Planning
How Much Do I Need to Retire? Avoid These Common Planning Mistakes
There is no shortage of retirement income advice. And, anyone can make a prediction about how much you will need for a secure retirement. Much of this guidanc…
Retirement Planning
Try on Your Retirement Plan and See if it Fits
No matter how much retirement planning you do, you cannot know whether your plan will work for you until you put it into action. Much like test-driving a car or…
Retirement Planning
5 Ways to Solve Your Top Retirement Concern — Outliving Your Money
Are you worried about outliving your money? Join the club. This is one of Americans’ biggest retirement fears. More than half (57%) of CPA financial planners ci…
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The Best Retirement Planning Advice from 10 Financial Gurus
Preparing for retirement can be a daunting task, so it helps to know what advice the best financial advisors have to offer. Here is retirement planning advice f…
Retirement Planning
Expert Interview with Marc Des Rosiers About Retirement Software
Retirement for Baby Boomers and subsequent generations will look much different than it did for our parents and grandparents. Due to lifestyle changes and advan…
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Are You Alone and Planning for Retirement? Retirement Planning for Singles
A lot of retirement advice skews toward married couples, but what about those who are single? Many retirees today are divorced, widowed or never married. This m…
Retirement Planning
Planning for Retirement: At 22, You Are Not Too Young! (And You Are Never Too Old)
Saving $2,000 per year towards retirement starting at age 25 instead of age 35 will yield an additional $315,000 at retirement, assuming an 8 percent annual rat…
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The Top 5 Reasons Why People Avoid Planning for Retirement
It is not like you don’t WANT to plan for retirement, right? There are real reasons that make planning for retirement difficult. Taking the first step toward re…
Retirement Planning
Retirement Planning Strategies for Veterans
Veterans and service-members approaching retirement age may need to take a slightly different strategy to financial planning relative to their civilian counterp…
Social Security
Have Dependent Children? Social Security Dependent Benefits May Make Taking Social Security Early a Good Choice for Your Retirement
You have probably read and reread that you should delay the start of your Social Security benefits until at least your full retirement date (typically around ag…
