A Retirement Nest Egg Built to Last
For most Americans, retirement planning is ultimately focused on accumulating a “nest egg” of savings and investments to generate enough income to pay for a comfortable lifestyle. To find out how large...
View ArticleBuilding Your Retirement Nest Egg
In previous articles we explained how to estimate the amount you’ll spend each year once you stop working, and the size of the nest egg you’ll need to support that spending. The next step is to figure...
View ArticleInvesting for Retirement
Our last article addressed how much and how you should save in order to accumulate your retirement nest egg. Now we’ll discuss how to invest those savings. Since we can’t predict the future no one...
View ArticleBuilding and Managing a Retirement Porfolio – Part 1
Our last article explained the principles of constructing a sensible investment plan during your working years to help you accumulate a retirement nest egg. Once you retire you face the challenge of...
View ArticleBuildng and Managing a Retirement Portfolio – Part 3
For most Americans, their working years are their saving years. Their goal is simple, save aggressively and invest prudently to accumulate the retirement nest egg they’ll need to live on. Once they...
View ArticleBuilding a sensible retirement portfolio
For most Americans building their retirement nest egg is one of their most important priorities and most difficult challenges. A big factor to achieving that goal is constructing a well-designed...
View ArticleProtecting your investments from inflation
In an effort to mitigate the effects of the recent global financial crisis, the United States and governments worldwide have pursued economic policies including low interest rates and significant...
View ArticleGambling with your Retirement Nest Egg
Last April, PBS Frontline aired a documentary titled “The Retirement Gamble” (now available online). It offers a sobering report on the problems with 401(k) type retirement plans in the U.S. and the...
View ArticleA Crisis of Confidence
Since the depths of the financial crisis we have witnessed a stock market that has more than doubled and substantial improvements in other key measures of economic health. Yet a recent survey conducted...
View ArticleKeys to financial success in 2014
A new year offers a fresh start and an opportunity to reevaluate your financial goals and your progress towards reaching them. Here are some sensible ideas to help improve your chances of achieving...
View ArticleBuyer Beware
Americans today face a far different and more challenging financial landscape than previous generations. The disappearance of the old-fashioned employer pension plan and the likelihood that future...
View ArticleThe Value of Financial Literacy
At a time when Americans have been forced to assume greater responsibility for securing their financial futures, they face a complex economic landscape in which they must make important decisions...
View ArticleCompound Consequences
Underestimating the impact of compound growth on a household’s finances can lead consumers to make poor economic decisions including borrowing too much and saving too little. The three main engines...
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