Planning Retirement

Planning your future retirement is complicated.  Creating a secure retirement plan requires that you know what you want and then being able to put together what you have to achieve your goals.  While retirement planning is not child’s play, it might be easier if you think about the components of …

Here is a guide for how to find lost money — a lost 401k or other unclaimed retirement benefits. Finding a lost 401k or other retirement account is more tedious than treasure hunting,but perhaps just as rewarding. A few years ago, I received a strange notice in the mail: a …

| Login Questions? Get On Demand Financial Advice Reverse mortgages are widely advertised on TV, radio and online. But, are they a good idea for you?  Who can you believe?  And, how do you get good information? A new study from Ohio State University sheds light on these topics.  Researchers …

Your pre-retirement checklist probably includes tasks such as signing up for Medicare, creating a budget and planning an exit from your career. But there’s one important task that you may be forgetting: pursuing dental care before you retire. Dental Care Not Usually Covered by Medicare You may be surprised to …

The recent nationwide debate about whether or not Medicaid should continue to receive funding should have had special resonance for people of retirement age. Here are 9 things you might not know about Medicaid and your chances of needing it in the future: 1. You Have a High Percentage Chance …

| Login Questions? Get On Demand Financial Advice The following on why it is important to be comfortable with the unknown comes to us from Mr. Henry K. “Bud” Hebeler.  Get more from Bud at Analyze Now. In a recent presidential press conference, Anthony Scaramucci, President Trump’s short-lived Communications Director, …

So, what are the best retirement plans? Well… there is no wrong way to spend retirement. Without the grind of a job, you typically have the freedom to allocate your time however you wish. However, these 25 ideas and lifestyles just might rise above the rest as the best ways …

If you’re reading this, you’re likely someone who: saves money, has built up some assets and is starting to think about how to create a retirement drawdown strategy — a plan for how to turn your assets into income that will last for life.  (Nice work!) Having a sound retirement …

“As the major stock indexes have, one-by-one, broken through their previous record highs in recent months, it has been interesting to observe that the dominant reaction among many investors has not been one of celebration but, rather, anxiety.” While the above may sound like current events, it’s actually an excerpt …

If you think you haven’t saved enough for a truly secure retirement, think again.  The impossible could become possible with these 7 creative ways to retire. 1. Take a Mini Retirement or Gap Year If you are emotionally or psychologically ready for retirement, but your finances are not quite there, …