Retirement
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Update on the Retirement Crisis
More Americans aren’t financially prepared for retirement. I’m sure that doesn’t come as surprising news to you. But it’s the conclusion from two reports that are updated annually. The Center for Retirement Research at Boston University publishes its National Retirement Risk Index, and the Employee Benefits Research Institute publishes its Retirement Readiness Rating. You can […]
Retiring with Forbes – the Forbes Annual Retirement Guide
Forbes’ annual retirement guide is out. As usual, it contains a lot of sensible and innovative advice. Most major media retirement presentations contain basic, traditional information, a good deal of which is outdated. You don’t see that in the annual Forbes review. Of course, it’s not a comprehensive guide. It provides new ideas in certain […]
The Latest Retirement Magic Number
How much money do you need to save for retirement? It’s an easy question that’s hard to answer. It involves predicting the future, so a number of assumptions have to be made about the future. How long you’ll live and the rate of inflation are not the least of them. The latest work on the […]
Two Stories of Retirement
This long article from Bloomberg.com tells the story of a father a daughter. The father is in his 80s and living well off his pension and savings. His daughter is 61 and barely making it financially. The story is sad but tells the tale of how retirement can turn out very differently based on timing […]
Protecting Seniors from Wall Street
Since the Federal Reserve adopted its zero interest rate policy, post-career Americans have been searching for different ways to earn higher income on their investments. Wall Street responded with a range of new investment products. The questions are: Do the people buying these investments fully understand them, and are the investments appropriate for the buyers? […]
Miscalculating Retirement Needs
Most people report that they are financially prepared for retirement, yet most economists and financial advisors say they aren’t. Why the discrepancy? A recent poll from Charles Schwab & Co. has a clue. Schwab polled wealthy workers and found that 80% of those making $115,000 annually believe that in retirement they’ll spend only $66,000 annually. […]
Retirement Isn’t All About Money
Long-time readers of Retirement Watch know this. It’s always helpful to be reminded that finances should be only a small part of your retirement planning. You have to find ways to fill all the time you used to spend working. The money part is to enable you to spend time in ways that you’ll enjoy […]
Even CFOs are Worried About Retirement
It’s no secret that Americans in general are worried about having enough money to retire and are planning to delay retirement beyond what they were thinking a few years ago. But it’s something of a surprise that Chief Financial Officers at 1,400 U.S. companies are delaying retirement and often have no idea when they’ll retire, […]
