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Good Career Choices May Lead to an Improved Retirement What is your most powerful tool for building retirement savings? Perhaps, your income. For that matter, the path of your career could influence when and how well your retirement begins. Is there merit in changing jobs (or even careers) with an eye toward what the move […]

What Matters More in Retirement: Income or Savings? Retirement saving is not just about accumulating assets. It is also about laying the groundwork for retirement spending. Any retirement strategy has a core goal: the goal of helping an individual or couple pursue their retirement dreams once their careers have concluded. So, from that perspective, the […]

How the SECURE Act Affects Retirement Accounts A new federal law, the Setting Up Every Community for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, directly affects retirees and retirement savers. It changes the rules regarding “stretching” an individual retirement account (IRA), as well as longstanding retirement account rules keyed to age 70½. Under the SECURE Act, in most […]

Ready for More Time Together? A career-focused couple may spend as little as five to six hours interacting with each other on most days, given hours spent working, commuting, shopping, and running errands apart. Once retired, that same couple may spend as many as 15 to 16 hours together each day, with work and commuting […]

Increasingly, Americans older than 65 are finding compelling reasons to return to the workforce, whether part time or full time. Some want the money; some want the challenge and sense of purpose. One factor in their favor: Companies in many industries are having a hard time finding enough qualified workers. So far this year, U.S. […]

Generating Retirement Income Each day, more than 10,000 Americans celebrate their 65th birthday. It’s a milestone, and for some, it signifies the beginning of retirement. Your friends, family, and coworkers may know you’re planning to retire. Some might even ask, “When’s the big day?” If you have concerns about maintaining retirement income, you may not […]

Sunnier Prospects for Working as a Senior In recent years, a steady stream of articles has questioned baby boomers’ hopes to work part time in their retirement years. These articles have tended to take a skeptical view of such ambitions. Well, maybe it is time to sweep some of the skepticism away. In August, the […]

Thinking About Leaving Work a Little Early? The so-called FIRE movement (FIRE stands for financial independence, retire early) has garnered so much attention, even those who anticipate retiring in their 60s are wondering if they should make a sacrifice or two to exit their careers or businesses a bit earlier. A poll, commissioned by personal […]

How Retirement Saving Relates to Retirement Spending Sometimes an article will present a generic retirement forecast, stating that the average person may need “X” dollars in savings to retire confidently. Stories like these appear every so often on financial websites, and they should be taken with a grain of salt. These articles imply that a […]

Can You Stay on a Company Health Plan After Age 65? Generally, Medicare is available for people age 65 or older—this is well-known. What is less well-known is the fact that some companies can legally cancel group health insurance for a worker reaching this milestone. Baby boomers who aspire to keep working into their mid-60s […]