Archive for the ‘Retirement’ Category

Low-interest and … slightly less low-interest

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

This Kiplinger feature on MSN has a number of good ways that we waste money.  Slide 12 of this series (these aren't my favorite ways of presenting things, but I see how it generates more ad impressions for MSN!) has the following suggestion: If you're stashing your cash in a traditional ...

One more time: Retirement has nothing to do with age

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Old age gives itself plenty of warning.  First there are the milestones of life: college, marriage, first child, next children, first child goes to college.  Then there are the signs of decay: hair loss, failing eyesight, memory lapses, aches and pains.  These happen well before falling and not being able ...

No need to trust in the stock market gods

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

J Money is one of the liveliest personal finance writers I know, and an awfully hard worker.  In between this and his other blogs, he's got LoveDrop.org going on, a new idea in paying it forward to individuals who've come upon hard times.  Ahh ... to have a third of ...

The 4-1-1 on 401K withdrawal penalties

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

This guest post is brought to you courtesy of Leon Harris. He writes for Financialized, an investing and finance blog that offers an unbiased perspective on personal finance topics. Everyone knows that a 401K is set up almost exclusively as a retirement plan, and as such, it comes with some ...