Retirement Planning
How to Deal With Financial Stress: 10 Ways to Worry Less About Money
Specific, research-backed ways to help you deal with financial stress and money worries. Start building real confidence today.
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Financial Decision Making: 13 Strategies for Smarter Choices
Poor financial decision making costs more than money. Learn to slow down, cut bias, and choose with a clear plan.
Debt
Pay Off Debt or Save for Retirement? How to Model Your Plan
Debt advice often stops at interest saved, but you can see whether paying off debt faster changes your retirement date using planning tools.
Retirement Planning
How to Build Wealth After 50: The 20 Key Rules
The average 401(k) millionaire hits that mark around 59. See the moves that build wealth fastest after 50.
Retirement Planning
How to Live a Long Life: 12 Habits of Healthy Aging
Five habits can add 12 to 14 years to your life. See 12 research-backed habits of healthy aging and how a longer life changes your retirement plan.
Retirement Planning
When Can I Retire? 20 Questions to Decide When to Retire
You can retire when your income and savings cover your spending for life. See the key ages, the money test, and 20 questions to help you decide when to retire.
Retirement Planning
Good Financial Habits: 15 Small Money Habits That Add Up
Good financial habits make smart money choices automatic. Try these 15 small habits, from micro budgeting to paying yourself first, and avoid costly biases.
Retirement Planning
Consumption Smoothing: Definition, Theory and Examples
Consumption smoothing is how you keep your standard of living stable across a lifetime of income changes, career shifts, and retirement.
Retirement Planning
Divorce After 50: Pros, Cons, & Financial Impact of ‘Gray Divorce’
Gray divorce makes up 36% of U.S. divorces, up from 9% in 1990. See the pros and cons of divorce after 50, and how to protect your retirement.
Retirement Planning
Erin Talks Money: What She Wants Retirees to Know
Erin Moriarity shares her take on Social Security timing, building a retirement income floor, and when to stop going DIY and hire a CFP.
Retirement Planning
The 10 Best Retirement Calculators
Compare the 10 best retirement calculators, most of them free: Boldin, Fidelity, Vanguard, AARP, T. Rowe Price, and more.
Retirement Planning
Financial Literacy Quiz: Can You Beat the National Average?
Only 15% of Americans managed to ace this 8-question personal finance index quiz. Find out which knowledge gaps cost you the most.
Retirement Planning
Financial Literacy in America Hits a Record Low in 2026
Risk comprehension is the weakest financial literacy domain in 2026, and age doesn’t fix it. See why six in 10 Americans struggle with financial decisions.
Retirement Planning
How to Retire Early: A Step-by-Step Plan and Checklist
Retiring early means funding the years before 59½, Social Security, and Medicare. See how to price those years, save for them, and test your plan.
Retirement Planning
Retirement Planning Tools Compared: Boldin and 13 Others
Retirement planning tools compared: full planners, free calculators, trackers and advisor software, on cost and what each does best.
Retirement Planning
What to Do With Money After Kids Graduate
When tuition stops, it frees up $30,000 to $80,000 a year. Most households don’t have a plan for that money. Here’s how to put it to work.
Lifestyle
Best Places to Retire in the World: 2026 Rankings and Costs
Some 44% of Americans seriously consider retiring abroad. Greece ranked #1 in 2026. See costs, visa requirements, and where demand is going.
Retirement Planning
Why Having a Plan Gives You More Freedom in Retirement
A retirement plan isn’t about restriction. It’s what turns limited resources into real confidence. Here’s why the constraint is the point.
Retirement Planning
Why the Average Retirement Age Is 61, Not 66
Layoffs, health problems, and caregiving push most retirements earlier than planned. See average retirement age by state and data source.
Retirement Savings and Investments
What’s a Safe Withdrawal Rate in 2026? Morningstar Weighs In
Morningstar puts the safe withdrawal rate at 3.9%, but flexible strategies can push it to 5.7%. Seven takeaways and what they mean for you.
Family and Relationships
Retirement Planning for Couples: How to Build One Plan
Retirement planning for couples means one plan for two lives. Coordinate retirement dates, Social Security, savings, taxes, and the survivor years.
Retirement Planning
How a Single, Self-Employed Woman Built Her Retirement Plan
She was self-employed, single, and unsure she’d saved enough. Then the Boldin Planner showed the full picture, and the answer surprised her.
Retirement Planning
Americans Want to Live to 91. How Long Will Your Retirement Last?
Retirement planning assumes a lifespan of 79, but most Americans hope to live longer. Here’s how your plan can last as long as you do.
Retirement Planning
Retirement Regrets: 15 Things Retirees Wish They’d Done Differently
About 3 in 4 Americans have a financial regret. Here are the 15 retirees cite most, and how to fix each one.
