My Comments: By the time they arrived on the scene, I felt there wasn’t enough time left for me to grow a meaningful amount in the few years I had left to work. So, I never opened a Roth IRA. I wish I had but it didn’t happen. I now have many clients with Roth …
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My Comments: I’ve written about the risks of being alive. Not having enough money in retirement is one of them. This article, featuring comments by Jana Greer, CEO of American International Group, a multinational finance and insurance corporation, can be interpreted as a sales pitch that you may or may not respond to. For me, …
Continue reading Retiring in a down market can mean 2/3 less money for rest of your life…
My Comments: These words from Nicholas Hopwood of Plymouth, Michigan, echo the lessons I teach in my online courses at Successful Retirement Secrets. The challenge for everyone who expects to someday retire is to prepare themselves without becoming obsessed with what has to happen first. He stresses, as do I, the need to fully understand …
My Comments: While this was apparently written for Canadians, I assure you it is equally valid for those of us in the States. What you can never forget is that not every financial advisor or company offering investment products have your best interest at heart. That’s not to say fees are evil, they are not. …
Continue reading Here’s what fees can do to your retirement if you don’t pay attention
My Comments: Being alive carries with it certain risks. Some can be managed and some cannot. Running out of money in retirement is a risk you want to avoid if you can. To the extent you have been able to pay off a home mortgage or otherwise find yourself with an equity position, sometime a …
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My Comments: Much of my retirement money is at Vanguard. At some point I’m going to decide we’ve hit bottom and move it back into Vanguard growth funds or ETFs. But right now, if you have the courage of your convictions, here are five low cost funds that you can use. If you are still …
Continue reading The 6 Best Vanguard Funds to Own in a Bear Market
My Comments: My efforts to coach people to start thinking seriously about their future retirement is complicated. For every positive associated with retirement there are just as many negatives. This is one of them. Unless you plan to die before you reach retirement, you should find time to get your ducks lined up well in …
Continue reading Retirees Will Spend a Third of Their Social Security on This One Big Expense
My Comments: The lack of financial literacy for most people is an existential risk when thinking about money and the role it plays in peoples everyday lives. And it becomes even greater when the idea of retirement surfaces and what has to be put in place long before that day arrives. Here’s a start… by …
My Comments: If you’re still a working stiff, the idea of eventual retirement crosses your mind from time to time. In years past, we thought of live as having two phases: childhood and adulthood. In childhood we are dependent on others and in adulthood we are dependent on ourselves. Adults worked until they died or …
My Comments: Financial literacy has to start somewhere. If you are planning for an eventual retirement and want to grow your money between now and then, a degree of financial literacy is mandatory. Start here… by Emma Johnson \ June 1, 2018 If you’ve ever scanned the business headlines, you’re probably familiar with terms like …
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