GUEST POST from Don – My Retirement Plan

MY RETIREMENT PLAN A quote from a retirement money expert:  β€œ”We’ve learned that people make many mistakes, and particularly, sadly, less educated and poorer people tend to make worse mistakes.”  I was on a site today that allows comments and I was shocked how many commenters got Social Security facts wrong.  Its no wonder, Social Security is a …
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GUEST POST from Don – Can I Retire?

CAN I RETIRE? Retirement requires a bit of math.  You’ll need to know your sources of INCOME?  Will you have a pension, business income (even sharpening mower blades), and Social Security?  The more β€œsources” of income the better.  Are you planning to live off your savings (see if you can delay that)?  You can’t retire until you know how much …
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GUEST POST from Don: The I.R.A. Problem(s)

THE I.R.A. PROBLEM(S) I don’t know everything that I should … which causes me to suspect there are others who also don’t know.  I could be wrong.  But I can’t imagine how,  then, it hurts to remind them.  Here goes… An IRA, Keogh, 401k, or SIMPLE (or other similar) retirement plan is a very good idea which can turn …
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