Retirement
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Knowing When to Retire
Here’s an interesting article in The Wall Street Journal exploring the issue of when a person should quit a job. (Subscription might be required.) It’s addressed mainly at people who are at or near retirement age and can afford to retire but haven’t decided to. On the whole they enjoy their jobs and careers and […]
Keys to Successful Downsizing in Retirement
Many people downsize at some point during their lives, and the process can be traumatic. In this article (subscription might be required) a geriatric psychiatrist lists what he believes are the three keys to successful downsizing. First, get one or more “navigators” in the form of independent-minded individuals who can help you make key decisions […]
Is There a Retirement Crisis?
A couple of economists recently published a report arguing that the media and a number of economists overstate the problems Americans will have being financially ready for retirement. They questions several assumptions in their estimates and make some different assumptions in their study. In this link, you can read a summary of their report and […]
The Retirement Non-Crisis
You can find many studies and reports talking about the retirement crisis in America. They explain how Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement and don’t seem inclined to. The reports usually are written by or funded by financial services firms, which have an interest in making people worried about retirement. There’s a new report out […]
You Won’t Retire When You Expect
Most people expect either to retire early or not at all, it seems. Since the crisis of 2008, more people have said they’ll delay retirement or not retire. But the fact is most people don’t retire when they planned. Illness, injury, family situations, and lay offs cause many people to leave work never to return. […]
Worst States for Retirement
Some states are better for retirees than others. Each retiree is different, of course, and I’ve long discouraged people from simply going by a list of which states are best and worst for retirement. The features that are most important to you might be different from those preferred by the raters. But ratings and surveys […]
8 Key Retirement Questions
Economist James Poterba of MIT, whom I’ve quoted in the past, recently made a presentation at a conference on the key questions everyone should ask before retirement. This post from Forbes reviews the questions and some information you should have before answering the questions. As for Social Security, it remains (at least this election year) […]
More Confidence About Retirement, But Why?
Americans are feeling a bit more confident about their prospects for a financially secure retirement, according to the annual Retirement Confidence Survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Americans on the whole still aren’t confident about retirement, and those with confidence still are much lower than at the peak before the 2008 crisis. Confidence seems […]
