Retirement Planning

• Posted in: Current Affairs

People used to think that retirement was a time of placidity and relaxation, a time when all of life’s big surprises were behind you and most days and years would now bring an unchanging idyllic existence… It seems unlikely that this was ever an accurate portrayal of any phase of human existence, including retirement, but […]

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How are you feeling about your retirement these days? According to Chuck Jaffe’s article in MarketWatch most people’s answer to that question is not so good. According to Jaffe, Americans are losing confidence in the market’s ability to support their retirement (with good reason), and the most common reaction to this lack of confidence is […]

• Posted in: Retirement Planning

There is a joke about women and retirement in which a mother turns to her child and says something along the lines of “after all I’ve done for you; I expect you to keep me in the style to which I plan to become accustomed when I’m old.” The quip may well make you chuckle, […]

• Posted in: Retirement Planning

It has been said that the best investment one can make is in land; real estate. this is especially true now, when housing prices are at an all time low, and even more true if you are in a position to begin thinking about your retirement—and your retirement home. While some people are worriedly watching […]

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Born and raised in Taiwan until I was 17 years old, I’ve always been fascinated by American idioms like the one in the title, idioms that we take for granted until something like the mortgage crisis and rapidly dwindling stock market puts it all back into perspective for us. The current financial crisis has touched […]

• Posted in: Retirement Planning

We have a lot of posts on our blog about retirement issues; planning for it, saving for it, protecting it.  But what if retirement could be not just an ending, but a new beginning?  What if retirement was your opportunity to decide anew “what you want to be when you grow up?” Many new retirees […]