A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to Retirement

Q: I'm thrilled with the progress I've made toward my financial goals over the last few years. There's only one problem... I'm starting to really hate my job. The benefits are great and I'm on track to retire early, but there's no way I can survive another 15 years of this! It's like I'm in prison, and the temptation to launch a jail break is getting harder and harder to resist. Can I escape without making a mess of my financial plan?

How To Transfer A Retirement Account

Make sure you know where you intend on moving your money in advance! As you probably know, an individual retirement account requires that you decide where your money is going to be invested in order ...

Planning For Retirement Activities

Retirement doesn’t mean the end of an active lifestyle. Quite the contrary, it opens up new opportunities for many new activities. Some retirees substitute voluntary community work for their former w...

Why Choose Costa Rica for Retirement

Costa Rica is truly an amazing country, well deserving of its reputation as a prime retirement haven. Some of the strengths of the county include; low cost of living, inexpensive yet excellent health care, climate and proximity to the United States.

Fixed Annuities vs Social Security or Can You Manage Your Retirement Money Better Than The Govt.?

With Social Security problems making the headlines every day, where do you turn for some kind of certainty for your retirement savings? Aside from some government investments and CD's, the other alternative is the Insurance products known as Fixed Annuities. They provide guarantees backed by the assets of the Insurance company without all of the government restrictions on how much you can save or when you have to start spending it.

Retirement Savings Need Not Be Complicated

With the long-depended-upon pension fading into history, many consumers are apprehensive regarding retirement savings.

Juggling Retirement and College Savings

Most parents want to pay for their children's college education, or at the very least help pay for college. Paying for both college and retirement will be challenging for most parents. Here are some suggestions to help you to achieve both goals:

Ten Ways to Finding Your True Identity in Retirement

Enjoying a happy and fulfilling retirement begins with finding your true identity in retirement. Retirement lifestyle expert, Dr. Cynthia Barnett, offers 10 easy ways to find and fulfill your identity and your destiny in the second half of life.

Sell Retirement Annuities

When an employee retires after several years of work, the employer offers some financial monetary retirement benefits, like a pension or cash balance plan, as a gesture of gratitude for the employee’s service. Many retirees invest their retirement package in insurance companies by signing an agreement, according to which the insurance company acquires their retirement package and in return makes periodic payments to the retirees, who are the investors. That is, the insurance company ‘sells’ annuities to the retirees.

It's Never Too Late for Retirement Savings

So you didn't get started on your retirement savings at 20, but it isn't too late. While advisors warn that if you don't start early, you won't be able to save enough, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't start at all.

10 Ways to Stay Sharp Mentally and Physically After Retirement

10 ways to stay in good physical and mental condition now and after retirement.

Retirement: Your New Job!

You really need to work at retirement these days. What kind of retirement do you want? Where do you want to live? How do you want to spend your time? Who do you want to spend it with? What are your goals for retirement? Whoever worried about these issues before?

Retirement Counseling

Knowing the top two adjustments needed for a succesful retirement brings relief and understanding to this challenging and exciting change in one's life. Finding the opportunity in this huge change opens up your life to wonderful new vistas.

Social Security: It's More Than Just Retirement Benefits

Social Security. You won't need it before you are old and gray. Or will you?