Archive for September, 2012
Retirement Planning For Life
In today’s economic environment retirement planning is more important than ever. We are experiencing reduced equity returns, employer provided pensions are becoming extinct, our nation’s monetary policy erodes the value of our currency daily, and our government retirement programs are financially unsustainable, That does not mean that retirement is no longer possible, but it does […]
The Biggest Financial Surprise in Retirement that I did not Expect before Retirement
One reader recently asked a question, “What was the biggest financial surprise in retirement?” You might guess that my answer might be the high costs of health care. But I had done a lot of research concerning health insurance before I retired, so I knew all the options and costs associated with this expense.
Answers to Some Early Retirement Questions, Part II
A couple other questions I received about early retirement were: How much does one need to save each year to retire early? How did my wife and I know we could live on what we had saved?
