10 Things Every working American should understand about Social Security
Practically every working American adult pays into the United States Social Security program. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans don’t have a clue about their benefits, what they qualify...
View ArticleDon’t Make this Costly Social Security Mistake
It’s a story that’s played out hundreds of thousands of times every year. Retirees, eager to begin collecting their monthly Social Security check, start collecting it as soon as they possibly can after...
View ArticleThe Cost, and Risk, of Long Term Care
When you’re working on your retirement savings, ask yourself this question; do you think that your nest-egg could take a half-million dollar hit? The fact is, even the most financially astute person...
View ArticleHow to Lower Your Taxes in Retirement
Reaching retirement means that many of your once normal expenses will be gone. Things like the cost to commute to work, dry cleaning for your dress shirts or dresses as well as many other work-related...
View ArticleShould you Retire at 65 ?
Not many years ago the age of 65 was that “special” number that told a person that they were ready to retire. The idea may still be appealing as far as calling it “quits” before we’re too old or too...
View ArticleObama’s New Budget Proposal Bad News for Consumers Unprepared for Retirement
Experts are saying that the budget for 2015 proposed by Pres. Obama will be an absolute disaster for millions of Americans who are not fully prepared for retirement because it would reduce the tax...
View ArticleRetiring soon? Do these things in the 5 years leading up to it and you’ll be...
It used to be that retirement was a fixed age point but, in the last couple of decades, that has changed and many people now retire over a longer period of time and many don’t retire completely....
View ArticlePlanning for Retirement
There are many different definitions of the “American Dream”, some say it’s a great job and nice house, others say it’s comfortably raising a family, yet my definition varies a bit from those. To me,...
View ArticleProperty Investment is a Means to Retirement
Have you been thinking about property investment as a means to an end? By means to an end I am referring to the silver lining of retirement on the horizon. We all want to retire today so that we can...
View ArticleClaiming Social Security Benefits
One of the most important decisions that an American consumer will make as they near or reach retirement age is deciding when to actually start collecting their Social Security benefits. One of the...
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