Category Archives: Retirement

Starting to Invest: Opening an IRA

This post is written by SD Guy, the blogger behind StretchyDollar.com , a blog that focuses on the basics of personal finance and is geared towards those who don’t have much experience. StretchyDollar is geared towards a younger audience, and highlights new ways to make money, financial books and tools, and the basics of wealth [...]

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If You Work In Retirement, Are You Still Considered Retired?

Retirement is something that we all strive to achieve. It symbolizes the end of a long career and is the point where you can relax and reap the rewards of life. However, many individuals these days are not prepared financially for retirement. Either they did not save enough or they had unusual circumstances that required [...]

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The Average Net Worth of Americans: Where Do You Stand?

I absolutely love using the calculators at CNNMoney.com. There are so many cool ones that I use frequently. They have one for housing prices, cost of living comparison, retirement needs, saving for college, etc. I actually just stumbled across one for the average net worth of Americans. All you have to do is enter in [...]

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Free Retirement Guides from Forbes and Amazon.com

Forbes, in partnership with Amazon, has some free retirement guides available for download. These guides are only available until the end of February. Head over there to get your copies today! Make sure you save them on your computer so you can access them later. Here are some titles that are available:
The Forbes Investors Guide [...]

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Should You Forgo A Match From a 401(k) In Order to Start an Emergency Fund?

I received a question the other week that many people seem to be asking. We will leave the commenter anonymous for obvious reasons. Here is the question:
“My husband and I have no emergency savings. However, we do participate in my husband’s 401(k) with matching employer contribution. Considering today’s current conditions, would we be better served [...]

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Ideas for Saving Your 401(k) Account

A recent article on CNNMoney discusses some proposals to temporarily or permanently change some parts of 401(k) plans and your retirement. With a change in office coming (and a controlling Congress), I can see some of these happening. Even though the ideas may not be the best, I imagine some individuals will take advantage of [...]

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