My Comments: If you’re like me, you’ve been overwhelmed recently by the recent event in Texas and haven’t allowed yourself to focus on much other stuff. One of those “other stuff” items is what is talked about here. No children will be killed, thank God, but if this plays out like I think it will, …
Tag: Retirement planning
Retirement Is a Transition, Not A Destination
My Comments: Personally, I’m still in transition. I tried to retire years ago, became terminally bored, so went back to work. I no longer work as hard nor am I as successful as before, but I’m still productive. At least in my own mind. That being said, I frequently encounter others who are starting to …
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Is Early Retirement a Good Idea?
My Comments: social media is alive with people retiring early, whatever that actually means. Most of my generation considered age 65 as the logical time to retire, given that age 65 was written into the financial code in the 1930’s when Social Security was introduced and became the financial saving grace for millions of Americans. …
How Living Longer Will Impact Your Retirement
My Comments: My posts last week focused on the stock market and my belief we're not yet near the bottom of the current cycle. This week, my attempts will focus on retirement issues. If you're 39 or older, you should find something of value here. I make no apology for promoting my recently published book …
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8 Things to Know About Trusts
My Comments: First, a disclaimer saying that I’m NOT an attorney. Do NOT rely on what you read here without first talking with your attorney. Having said that, you will find this useful if you’ve ever wanted to speak from the grave or at least make sure that if you become goofy, your wishes will …
Spending In Retirement – Part One
My Comments: Having more money is almost always a good thing. Having enough money is a function of your core expenses (food, shelter, transportation, healthcare, utilities, etc.) compared with discretionary expenses. Things like travel, entertainment, nice cards vs OK cars, etc. You’ve spent the last several years of your life establishing a lifestyle and odds …
Is Humanity Under Threat?
My Comments: Fundamentally, I'm an optimist. I like to think the glass is half full. In the almost 7 decades I’ve lived on this planet, by and large, I’ve been very lucky. Increasingly, however, I’ve come to think that before long, the glass will be half empty. Some of that comes from the fact that …
What is the pending SECURE Act from Congress?
First, SECURE is the acronym for Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement. Someone stayed awake nights coming up with all that. Second, it’s an attempt to bring the federal regulations about money saved for retirement purposes further into the 21st Century. Too many Americans are grossly unprepared for retirement and many that are prepared …
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Will You Need to Live in a Nursing Home?
Not to make too fine a point about this, but I don’t want that to be my fate. But it very well might be. I’ve talked about the three phases of retirement: the GO-GO years, the SLO-GO years and the NO-GO years. My mother had Alzheimer’s and lived in a nursing home for the last …
Minimizing Risk in Retirement
Some of you will read this and determine I’m trying to sell you something. To some extent you’re right as I would love to have you enroll in one of my online courses at Successful Retirement Secrets. On another level, I’m interested in helping you come to terms with what you should do with your …
Helping Define Your Financial Future 