Retirement Plans
Insurance News Net, June 30th, 2009Early this
year the woman overseeing the 401(k) plan for a rural Oregon company
gathered her 25 colleagues together to hold an election. At stake:
whether to continue paying AIG an annual 1.25% of assets to manage
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National Public Radio, June 29th, 2009 With the recession squeezing wages and
holding back stock prices, millions of Americans are being forced to
rethink their plans for retirement, according to a new survey.Watson
Wyatt Worldwide Inc., a retirement
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Boston Globe, June 24th, 2009I have enough. I hope you find you do, too, when you consider what’s really important in your life.I’ve pondered the question of how
much is enough after receiving a perceptive e-mail from a reader and
review copies of two
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US News & World Report, June 17th, 2009Since the credit and housing meltdown largely removed private reverse mortgages from the market, home equity conversion mortgages
(HECMs)—federally insured reverse mortgages—have been growing steadily.
Now,
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San Francisco Examiner, June 19th, 2009Over the past few
months, we have heard that Social Security and Medicare have been hit
hard by the current recession. The experts are warning that these funds
may be empty far sooner than previously expected.
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Marketwatch, June 16th, 2009If things weren't bleak before, they certainly are
now. Men and women retiring today will need truckloads of money to pay
for health-care expenses over the course of their retirement, according
to a new study.
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The National Center for Policy Analysis, May 27th, 2009Many people assume Medicare will cover most of their health care
costs when they retire, and that Medicaid, the health care program for
the poor, will cover them if they need nursing home care.
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CBS News, May 17th, 2009John Bauer was a high school teacher in Michigan before retiring to
Asheville, and getting a part-time job as a tour guide at the Biltmore
Estate.
"Why do I wanna keep on teaching when I can retire financially and I can try
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Marketwatch.com, May 13th, 2009
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Make no mistake: A dollar doesn't go as far as
it used to. That's true for all Americans, but the loss of purchasing
power is especially insidious for Americans aged 62 and older. This
group
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Center for Retirement Research at Boston College - April 27, 2009
Introduction
Under Social Security, married individuals are entitled to a retired worker benefit based on their own earnings and/or to a spousal benefit equal to one half of their spouse’s
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The New York Times - April 1, 2009
RETIREMENT accounts remain among many people’s most valuable assets, even at today’s depressed values. That means you need to protect them from creditors, a category that can include former spouses or people who have
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US News & World Report - March 31, 2009
We like to think that if we plan and save throughout our working lives, a secure retirement is within reach. But retirement often happens unexpectedly. A lay off, health problem, or the illness of a relative
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The New York Times - April 1, 2009
Justin Williams worked as an engineer at Honeywell International for 31 years, and when he retired last April, he knew he could not afford to stop working. His home in suburban Maryland, on which he had spent his
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US News & World Report - March 27, 2009
The retirement-fund business is reeling from huge mutual-fund losses and investor withdrawals. Fund executives point to overall market declines to defend their performance. They have logical explanations for
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NewsOK - March 22, 2009
In a recent column I talked about the positive reasons for postponing retirement. But to a lot of folks today, merely postponing retirement now seems like a pipe dream. As they’ve watched their net worth decline, some are convinced
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