The rules of retirement Retirement is a major life milestone that many of us look forward to. It’s a time to relax and enjoy the fruits of our labor after a lifetime of hard work. But before truly enjoying retirement, we need to plan for it. One of the biggest questions we face when planning …
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The Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement has gained popularity in recent years as a way for individuals to achieve financial independence and retire at a relatively young age. The idea behind FIRE is to save and invest a high percentage of one’s income to achieve financial independence and retire early. This is typically achieved …
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Roth IRAs and traditional 401K accounts are designed to enable people to save money in investment accounts by offering tax advantages. These retirement accounts were meant to replace the defined employer pension plans of the past. With a pension plan an employee received a defined payment every month from their employer based on years of …
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In the FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early) there are 10 levels generally considered the journey from financial dependence to financial abundance. It can help psychologically to look at achieving financial independence as steps to new levels, one at a time. It is easier to focus on the next level than to see how far …
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When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack was interviewing Helaine Olen he said that “The financial advice most people actually need is common sense and simple enough that it would fit onto a 4-by-6 index card.” “I started getting emails saying, ‘Where’s the index card?’” Pollack explains. So even though it had more of a …
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This is a Guest Post by @InvestorPlace Last year, roughly 43.7 million retirees received Social Security benefits, according to Statistica. While the average Social Security benefit is $1,461 per month, the average living retiree left full-time work at age 60. So, considering the minimum age to collect the benefits is 62, retirees need to manage …
There was a question asked on finance Twitter by a wealth advisor that went something like this: “Okay, so you got out of the stock market and into cash in your 401K, and avoided the bear market, so when do you get back in?” Most portfolio managers believe in the long term, with asset diversification …
