Blogs about Retirement Planning

(This article originally appeared in print in June 2015.) We all know how easy it is to not focus on those letters that come from the banks, insurance companies, investment

Mention retirement and you’ll find many people start to nod knowledgeably and talk about the 80% rule. For those unfamiliar, the thinking is that a person will need approximately 80%

I tend to think of myself as a generally positive-minded person, and hope that that is reflected in my professional capacity. However, over the past few months I have met

  Going with the premise that it’s certainly never too early, and hopefully never too late to prepare for those golden retirement years, take a moment to think about the

Unfortunately retirement planning is one of those things that just can’t be put off until you are retired and have sufficient time to address the issue! And even more unfortunately,

If you recall, last month’s article focused on the first of two of my pet financial peeves: saving for your future. In that article I addressed the widespread phenomenon of

Year-end financial planning is a highly recommended activity – so then why is it ignored by most people? Choosing the path of least resistance, it’s much easier for people to

Remember when you were fifteen – you were invincible, infallible, and thought that anyone over twenty-five had one foot in the grave? Retirement planning was something irrelevant and boring that