Money and Life on the Way to Retirement
Planning for retirement should be an ongoing process until the day you are officially retired. The economy the past couple of years have changed how some of us view retirement incuding yours truly. According to the Wall Street Journal phased retirements plans are becoming more common. A phased retirement is an alternative to regular employment that [...]
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Remember the commercials for a financial services company showing people walking around with various numbers? The number was the amount of money needed for retirement. It varied by person, but of course the company could help you get to your number. I didn’t think much about it at the time other than the fact that [...]
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I don’t want to get to Dave Ramsey’s step 7 just to acquire money. The point of money is to be able to do the things Mr. Boomer and I want to and live comfortably the rest of our lives. You might remember the movie “The Bucket List” a couple of years ago when two [...]
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Last week was Veteran’s Day and one of the Veteran’s offers I listed was free admission to Knotts Berry Farm for Veterans and one guest through November 26th. Mr. Boomer and I are taking advantage of the offer this weekend. I’m not a thrills ride person but Mr. Boomer loves it! We’ll have fun just doing [...]
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Did you know that last week was the National Save for Retirement week? No? Me neither. Congress had designated October 18-24, 2009 for the purposes of raising public awareness of retirement plans available to them and increase their knowledge of personal finance. Those objectives need to occur but one week a year isn’t going to make [...]
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