Nearing the traditional retirement age? Perhaps you think you have plenty saved up to spend in the next two decades and enjoy a leisure-filled retirement.
A study states that the average woman works for 12 years fewer than the average man, makes $300,000 less than the average man in a lifetime and lives six years longer than the average man. All combined, it means that women have to plan for a longer retirement with less money.
Retirement plans need not start in the twilight years of your life. They should be planned well in advance so that you can enjoy the rewards of your hard work and savings!! Here are three steps you need to take in order to retire gracefully.
Luxurious and convenient post retirement life is a thing of the past. We are living in an age when the inflation is at its peak and social security benefits are being curtailed. Keeping these points in view, here are few immensely useful tips to for graceful post retirement life.
It’s that time of year again; if you’re lucky, you could be one of the fortunate people who are in for a lump sum tax return.
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The government's social security program, has definitely made it is easy for the baby boomers to plan retirement.
Retirement comes with a range of positive and negative possibilities. You have the power to ensure that your golden years remain golden.
Road to retirement is not a smooth ride. Even if one starts early, issues like job loss, marriage, divorce, illness, mortgage payment, etc., take precedence, thus making retirement planning an arduous task.
If, after 2008, you still expect the stock market to fund
your retirement, most people probably consider you a few
Congressmen short of a bailout. (Zing!) Yes, it was tough
being openly optimistic after a year in which every bull
became a steer.