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How to Retire Abroad: A Complete Guide to Retirement Overseas

Visa income minimums, Medicare gaps, and double taxation: the real costs of retiring abroad, and how to plan around them before you commit.

What Is an Annuity? A Complete Guide to How They Work

An annuity trades a lump sum for guaranteed income. Here’s how the main types work, what they cost, and how to know if one fits your plan.

20 Best Part-Time Jobs for Retirees, With Pay Ranges

Consulting pays $40–100+/hr, tutoring $15–30/hr. See pay ranges for 20 flexible part-time jobs, plus how work affects Social Security.

Resilient, Responsible, and Right in the Middle: A Mother’s Day Tribute to the Sandwich Generation (Moms & Dads Caring for Aging Parents and Children)

59 to 68 million Americans are in the sandwich generation. Get 8 powerful tips for managing this stressful time of life.

Tips for Happy Retirement: 13 Surprising Ways to Boost Happiness as You Age

Happiness is easier than ever as you age. If you want to do a little extra to make sure you have a happy retirement, try these tips.

Does Your Retirement Need a Plan B?

Life is full of the unexpected. And if you are a retiree, or soon-to-be retiree, you are probably looking for a backup plan to insure you won’t run out of money…

Is Long Term Care Insurance Worth It? Explore the Pros and Cons

401(k) Rollover: To Keep or Not to Keep Your Ex-Employer’s Retirement Plan

If you’re leaving one job and moving to another, or if you’ve lost or quit a job, there’s a decision to make. Should you keep your money in your ex-employer’s r…

The Dismal State of Retirement in 2020: How to Turn Lemons into Lemonade

The retirement outlook has changed drastically since your grandparents, and even parents, retired. In fact, by some measures, retirement might seem as sour as l…

The Biggest Expenses in Retirement

When planning for retirement, it’s important to save enough money to cover the essentials. While a financial planner may discuss earmarking funds to pay for dai…

Is Age Discrimination a Threat to Your Retirement Plan?

The growing population of older Americans, and a lower propensity for retiring early, seems to create a bit of a problem for some employers. Although discrimina…

Feelin’ Groovy? Slow Down. Don’t Move Too Fast Preparing for Retirement

It seems that we are “feeling groovy” these days about our retirement prospects. Groovier and groovier over the past few years in fact. The Employee Benefit Res…

Are You Unhappy at Work? Is Retirement the Right Answer?

Job satisfaction in the United States has been falling since the late 1980s.  Across all economic and age levels, around 50 percent of all American workers are…

The Dumbest Retirement Questions Ever Asked

Okay, there really is no such thing as a stupid question.  In fact asking questions — even “dumb” retirement questions — is a great way to learn about how to do…

Fixed Income Annuity: Solve 3 Big Problems with 1 Investment

Fixed income annuities can have many key benefits for retirees.  Of all the challenges we face in preparing financially for retirement — creating a steady incom…

Christmas or Retirement? Put Your Holiday Spending in Perspective

The holidays are right around the corner, and while that involves the excitement and cheer of family get-togethers and festive parties galore, for many it also…

Don’t Let Dementia Lead to Financial Ruin in Retirement

The costs of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia can be staggering. And not just for the person suffering from the disease, but for those around him…

Expert Interview with Rick Pendykoski on Self Directed Retirement Plans

Rick Pendykoski, founder of Self Directed Retirement Plans LLC, doesn’t think retirement savings will look all that different in the future than it does now. Bu…