by Rob Bennett | Investing, Retirement
You are saving and investing to finance an old-age retirement. A very basic question you need to have an answer to is — How much do you need to save to be sure your retirement will be a comfortable one? We turn to The Retirement Risk Evaluator for the answer....
by Libby Balke | Budgeting, Planning, Retirement
It was an offer I didn’t expect – an offer, as Marlon Brando would say, that I couldn’t refuse, not that I would have wanted to anyway. By the time the phone call was over, I had accepted a promotion that would bring tens of thousands of more dollars...
by Libby Balke | Retirement
We were driving in the car when I turned to my husband with a loaded question. “Where do you see us in 30 years?” I asked him. “What?” he replied, shocked by my very open-ended query. “In 30 years, we’ll be 60 years old,” I...
by Miranda | Finance, Investing, Personal Finance, Retirement
One of the financial products getting a little more play is the annuity. While annuities can be complex and troublesome, some of them work for certain people. However, there are a number of annuity products that are less difficult to understand, and that might provide...
by Tom Drake | Retirement
When it comes to retirement savings, many of us wonder if we are saving enough. If you want to make sure that you make it to retirement with the resources that you need, it’s vital that you start saving enough right now. As you consider your situation, and how much...