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Retirement Income

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• Insurance Investing and the $100,000.00 Challenge - The Outcome

  I said I'd fork over a hundred grand if this producer could deliver on his statement "How about a NET return of 8% that allows you to take out the gains Tax Free for retirement income, with NO downside market risk?" by Allan Roth

  Blog posts | Oct 12, 2009

• AARP Mutual Funds: Is AARP Looking Out for You?

  The giant nonprofit offers multiple financial products, but are they any good? First under the microscope: AARP’s $202 million mutual-fund family. The AARP Funds Switcheroo AARP has sold mutual funds for 25 years, but the group switched course dramatically in 2006. During the...

  Articles | Jul 9, 2009

• Quiz: Do Your Investments Match Your Job?

  First you have to judge whether your job is safer or riskier than most. This quiz will give you some clues. That leaves one key question: How do you judge whether your job is one of the safe ones or one of the risky ones? Well, that’s where this one-minute quiz comes in. It was developed...

  Articles | Sep 8, 2009

• Do Your Investments Match Your Job?

  More financial planners are starting to take their clients’ occupations into account when recommending asset allocations. Here’s how to tell if you are a stock or a bond — and what you should do about it. His adviser, Scott Beaudin, had this message for Steckl: Stay...

  Articles | Sep 3, 2009

• Best Health and Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed

  As an entrepreneur, you need to become your own benefits manager. This guide will show you how to find the right health and retirement plans with the least amount of headaches. Health Benefits 1. Grab the subsidized COBRA deal, if you can The federal stimulus package made COBRA,...

  Articles | Aug 27, 2009

• Retirement Calculator Report Card: Are You Saving Enough?

  We put that question to the six top online retirement calculators and got six different answers. Here’s how to use them to get the right answer. To help avoid that frightening scenario, some of the top financial firms offer free online interactive...

  Articles | Aug 11, 2009

• The Payoff from Retiring Later

  Given the ferocity of the recent bear market mauling, odds are even a stock market rebound isn't enough to get your retirement plan back on track. The truth is you're probably going to have to work a few years longer. How to stay in the game... Let’s get real. In the wake of the recent bear...

  Articles | Mar 9, 2009

• Savings Help for Self-Employed

  Work for yourself? Don’t mourn that 401(k)! Tax laws allow the self-employed to save a lot more in special retirement savings plans than regular individual retirement accounts. So seize the tax breaks made just for you... It can be tough adjusting to life as an “accidental consultant.” On...

  Articles | Mar 9, 2009

• Retire When You Want To

  Yes, it’s possible — if you make a few smart moves while you’re working and reconsider where you’ll live once you stop. Well, yes, we have. And it’s still the smart default post-crash retirement strategy if you are within 10 years of quitting work and your nest...

  Articles | Jun 29, 2009

• Is Guaranteed Retirement Income a Good Deal?

  You've probably seen the ads lately from financial services firms promoting guaranteed retirement income for life. It sounds comforting, but before jumping at the option, you should carefully consider the costs of these programs. by Charlie Farrell

  Blog posts | Aug 14, 2009