Retirement
Golden Years? More Like 'Work Horse' Years, Survey Says
8:00AM 7/04/2011
The lifestyle that's long been associated with the golden years -- hobby-filled days, long vacations, adventures with the grandkids -- could be changing, a new survey has found.
A growing number of Americans now expect to keep working into their 70s, according to The First Command Financial...
Retirement Planning, Decade by Decade
9:30AM 4/22/2011
Retirement planning is no slam-dunk. To make sure you retire in comfort, you have to start saving early and often. You need to pay attention to your money and not be distracted by the stresses and strains -- or the joys -- of day-to-day life. In the long run, you'll thank yourself for keeping one...
7 Deadly Retirement Savings Sins
8:00AM 4/20/2011
This is not going to be another one of the endless string of depressing and discouraging articles on how ill-prepared you are for your golden years. About how you don't have enough in your retirement savings accounts. About how you should have started sooner rather than later planning for...
Senior-Only Discounts and Deals
11:15AM 4/18/2011
With age comes some privileges, and chief among them may be getting discounts just for being older. And just how old is "older?" AARP, the country's largest lobbying group, considers you a senior when you turn 50.
But if that insult can be forgiven, then you can expect to be rewarded -- with deep...
Social Security 'What You'll Get' Statements Going Online
8:00AM 4/08/2011
Every year, Social Security snail-mails 150 million workers a statement estimating what their payments would be if they retired at age 62, 66 or 70. In our household, we call it the annual fantasy letter, trying to imagine that Social Security won't go bust before we reach those ages.
Now Social...
Taking Social Security benefits at 62 may seem like a good idea, but if you wait, you'll thank yourself later. Here are four reasons why:
1. You get less money when you claim early
If you take your Social Security at age 62, you take a 25% haircut. Or as Social Security points out here, if you...
Five Common (and Costly) Consumer Money Mistakes
3:00PM 4/04/2011
While we're doing a lot of things "right" these days (such as paying more attention to our credit card statements, shopping more frugally, and redefining our vision of retirement), we're still making quite a few mistakes. And some of them can be costly -- like these five common consumer...
Four Spring Tune-up Tips for Your IRA
6:00PM 3/29/2011
Top your spring to-do list with an IRA tuneup -- before you sharpen the lawnmower blades and scrub up the the barbecue grill.
Here are four steps to getting your IRA and/or your 401(k) in top shape. Most of this advice comes from Dan Keady, director of financial planning for TIAA-CREF.
1. Total...
As my colleague Aaron Crowe pointed out in December, financial sites looking for some press coverage often generate lists; in this case, the best and worst states for retirement.
At that time, he reported on a study on this topic by MoneyRates.com. Recently another site, TopRetirements.com did a...
Just because you don't have a 401(k) at work doesn't mean you can't (or shouldn't) save for retirement. There are many tools for putting money in the cookie jar and earmarking it for your old age that aren't reserved for those with a workplace retirement savings plan. Here are five ways to set up...
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