How To Save Money For Retirement

By Marilyn Pokorney

Saving money for retirement can be easy or difficult depending on your current salary. If you are like 75 percent of the American population, earning just enough money in your current job to meet your monthly bills, then it's time to do some serious thinking on how you are going to live when you retire. more...

Start Your Retirement Planning Now

ByTerje Ellingsen

Retirement planning should be an issue that everyone should be concerned about, no matter the age. Unfortunately many people don't face this important part of their personal finance planning before they are forced to, which in most cases means when they are about to retire. The earlier you start, the better your opportunities, security and financial freedom you gain when the time comes for you to retire. more...

Retirement! Now What Happens?

By Kyle Thomas Haley

For years you’ve lived in that sprawling house where you raised your children . . . it’s home. But now you don’t need all the space and the upkeep is becoming more difficult every year.

You now have to consider things that weren’t issues before. When you were younger, you never thought about how many times a day you went up and down the stairs. You didn’t mind having the bedroom upstairs and the laundry facilities in the basement. Now, all those steps are taking their toll. more...

Why Women Should Worry About Retirement More Than Men

By Steve Wilcott

Women earn an average of 76 percent of men’s salaries. Does that shock you? Yes, even in 2005, women are still way behind the earning curve in corporate America. But rather than get into a discussion of the fairness or unfairness of it all, let’s concentrate on just what women can do to ensure that they aren’t left out to dry in their retirement age! more...

How Do I Prepare For Retirement?

By Stuart Simpson

When the day finally arrives, will you be ready? What do you need to do? How do you need to prepare? Well, if you are over 10 years from retirement, then just sock away tons of money in your 401k for now. This article is focusing on people a little closer to retirement. more...

Your Guide To Retirement Planning

By John Morris

In life, nothing is permanent in this world. Everything that comes will definitely go. That is why it is best to put our best foot forward and save more for the future. The best thing that you have to start with is to have a retirement plan. more...

The Changing Face of Retirement

By Roger Sorensen

Americans are retiring younger and leading more active lifestyles after than ever before. The Baby Boom Generation has already begun taking early retirement. In another 30 years, Generatoin X will have nearly completed the retirement transition. Both groups are changing what it means to be retired. more...

Make Your Money Work During Your Retirement

By Dakota Caudilla

For those of us who spent most of our lives working and earning money, retirement can be traumatizing. Despite fervent encouragement from family members to live a calm, peaceful and stress-less lifestyle, the retirement lifestyle is not quite the thing we're looking for. That is, indeed, why some people continue to work until they are truly unable to. Some start their own small businesses, learn how to work or make some money on the Internet, or indulge in a hobby that can double-up as a business. more...

The Myths and Truths of Retirement

By Joanne Wiley

Myths of retirement - Here are the most common thoughts that we have heard as we have talked with people who are either looking at retirement or already retired. These misconceptions shape our thinking, and impact how we see ourselves living out this time of life called retirement. They create not the Golden Years, but the Grey Years. more...