Making your money last in retirement 18 Articles

by Matthew Paulson

The Boston Globe recently conducted a study showing that more than half of baby boomers are going to have to work past their retirement age. Most baby boomers don't have enough money saved to be able to retire by their own...read more

by Older But Wiser

Hopefully, while we were still working, we put money aside for retirement. I remember my mother always saying "Social Security was never meant to be a person's only income-it was to supplement pensions and what you put awa...read more

by Darrell Victor

Given that the majority of people rely on fixed incomes for their retirement years, stretching money is a top priority. Retirees must ensure that they do not outlive their income. Some people may have to prepare for thirty...read more

by Rebecca Ashby

Have you ever seen the bumper sticker "I'm spending my children's inheritance"? When I first saw this sticker, I thought how selfish and thoughtless for seniors to frivolously spend their assets and not leave them for the...read more

by Richard G. Lanzara

A calculating approach to what we can and can not afford is a must for making our money last in retirement. Is anyone not on a fixed income? I think we all are. So it becomes a simple problem of learning to live within our...read more

by Patty Quisenberry

To make your money last through your retirement, there are a couple things one must first consider. Remember, that it will cost alot more to live in the future. Individuals must consider this, when discussing this situat...read more

by K. I. Smet

WHOSE JOB IS IT? Why are we here, and what can we do about it? Good questions and these questions do have an answer. Now if you ever believed anything you had better believe you will not hear our system give you the a...read more

by Tom Sottile

Funeral Pre-Planning: An Efficient and Cost Effective Strategy Life is transitory. Benjamin Franklin took notice of this fact when he declared that death and taxes were the world's only certainties. What we believe aw...read more

by Gardetto

Good Bye Grandma and Grandpa! I wish we were leaving on a vacation to a nice warm spot for the winter to ease the Mr. Arthur Itus in our bones. Maybe a cruise around the Hawaiian Islands would be nice. We planned on tho...read more

by William Bond

There are two basic ways to help make your money last in retirement, one is where you spend less than you earn in retirement, and the other is using a portion of your retirement savings into investments which keep growing ...read more

by E. Shel Yetman Csa Cltc

The Missing Link - LTCI - Protect Your Retirement Plan Due to the shortage of viable options to pay for Long-Term Care today, the cost of providing that care often leads a severe strain being placed on the family's fin...read more

by Mike Ayapaye

Make an early start,may be good but the end is what that really matter.so when your goals are specific,measurable,actiona ble,and realistic as well as time bound,a sense of fulfillment and high value out come is guaranteed....read more

by Ted Sherman

If you'd ask my kids the question as it applies to me, the answer to making my money last in retirement could be, "Die as soon after your retirement party as possible." I'm joking, of course. Or, hmm, am I? I retired at...read more

by Jim Macintyre

Not one person in 10,000 understands what I am about to say. Keeping your retirement money in any dollar-denominated investment is the surest way to lose your wealth. Preservation of wealth should be your strategy in...read more

by Bill Hudley

Retirement is a journey unto itself. The trip requires planning and periodic re-assessment, quite like traveling on a long highway. The most practical approach to sound financial planning is through careful management o...read more

by Krishna Shanmukh

'Pre-Financial planning' is like foundation stone in making money last in retirement. Nowadays both husband and wife are holding white colored jobs. So they will definitely have enough money to spend days after retirement....read more

by Celia Craske

After a lifetime of working, it is finally time to retire. You have saved regularly, bought an annuity, maybe got a company pension; you are looking forward to enjoying yourself in your senior years. When you first reti...read more

by Melissa Marshall

It is your last day at your job and everybody is congratulating on your retirement. But how are your savings? Have you saved enough for retirement the rest of your life? The answer to that is a financial porfolio that h...read more