Obama and U.S. Banks Agree – Don’t Use This IRS ‘Cheat Code’
This Little-Known IRS “Cheat Code” Unlocks an Investment that Both Obama AND Wall Street Do Not Want You to Know About… Obama and his Wall Street cronies would like you to think that the ONLY way to...
View ArticleRetirement Moves to Make in 2016
Face it: You probably could have done more in 2015 to help your retirement picture, and you weren’t alone. A Capital One Bank survey released in December found that only a third of respondents...
View ArticleThe World’s Best Retirement Havens In 2016
Retiring abroad is easier and more affordable than ever before. These days it really is possible to spend your days relaxing beneath palm fronds on a Caribbean beach, enjoying farm-fresh produce in a...
View Article3 Frightening Retirement Findings You Never Saw Coming
If surveys have taught us anything, it’s that the path to retirement is nowhere near as easy as it might appear on paper. Most workers presume that working for four decades, saving money, and investing...
View ArticleCongress Guts Two Key Retirement Strategies
In the dead of night, while no one was looking, two strategies that have helped retirees take advantage of Social Security spousal benefits have been wiped out. As part of the budget deal struck last...
View Article4 Building Blocks of a Secure Retirement
It can be a scary proposition to leave behind the security of a regular paycheck and face the blank slate of constructing your own new lifestyle. Will you be able to support yourself? Will your health...
View Article5 Ways Retirement Will Change in 2016
As you plan for retirement, it’s important to stay on top of specific changes that can affect your retirement accounts, Social Security and investment vehicles. These changes could impact your saving...
View Article4 Unnecessary Features in Your Retirement-Planning App
Retirement income planning apps have proliferated in recent years, as people have sought out new tools to help them investigate how various investing and spending strategies may affect the value of...
View Article5 Ways to Deal With Debt Before Retirement
Like oil and water, debt and retirement don’t go together very well. Living on a fixed income while still making monthly credit card or mortgage payments can be a struggle. A 2013 study from the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Pentagon Insider Reports Collapse of International Monetary System...
BREAKING: Pentagon Insider Reports Collapse of International Monetary System Now Imminent If you are at all concerned about the U.S. dollar or you own any assets (like stocks or bonds) priced in it,...
View ArticleHere’s Your 5-Step Retirement-Portfolio Assessment
Extreme stock market gyrations have a way of dashing the confidence of both retirees and retirement savers. Having seen their balances recently take a hit, they wonder: Will I have enough? Should I...
View Article6 Pro Tips to Manage Your Stocks, IRAs, More
Everyone wants a comfortable retirement, which means putting money you have saved to work for you in a smart way. TODAY financial editor Jean Chatzky has six areas to focus on when it comes to...
View Article8 Smart Investment Moves for 2016
We are already well into January, and some conventional wisdom indicates that by now most of us have probably, and conveniently, forgotten or ditched some or all of those new year’s resolutions that...
View ArticleRetirement Is About More Than Money
With many retirees expected to spend 20 or even 30 years in retirement, you should have more ambitious goals than being shuffle-board champion of your 55+ community (though an admirable goal). Dream...
View Article6 Retirement Asset-Allocation Pitfalls to Avoid
The size of your retirement nest egg and the pace at which you plan to spend it–your withdrawal rate–are the key determinants of the viability of your financial plan for retirement. But when it comes...
View Article30 Greatest Threats to Your Retirement
Saving for retirement is difficult enough if all goes according to plan. However, individuals often encounter serious speed bumps on the road to retirement wealth. While one of these issues on its own...
View Article6 Trends That Could Rattle Your Retirement
Boomers are getting older, fatter and more likely to live in Florida. They are less likely to be poor and more likely to hold a job past age 65 than any other U.S. generation since the end of World War...
View ArticleA New Approach to Do-it-yourself Retirement Planning
With the decline of traditional pensions, many older workers and retirees face a “do it yourself” retirement: You’re on your own to figure out how to make your retirement savings last for the rest of...
View Article5 Ways Obama Wants to Change Retirement Accounts
President Obama has already introduced a new type of retirement account: the myRA. In his 2017 budget, he plans to further tweak the retirement account system. Here are some of the 401(k) and IRA...
View ArticleRetirement Investing 2016: 3 Stocks to Put on Your Radar
The new year is here, the stock market’s already down 8%, and that’s great news for investors. Oh, I know that’s not how it feels. It’s only natural for investors to want to see the numbers on their...
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