Are You Saving Enough for Retirement?

In recent years I have reviewed dozens of interactive online tools designed to help the user determine the appropriate savings rate to retire. After all my reviews, I think I have found the best “no cost” online tool for analyzing your retirement savings status.

Post #18 – The 3 biggest Retirement Planning Mistakes Made by Young People

I thought I would take a break from tedious investing concepts and write a lighter post.  So instead, I give you my opinion on what, I think, are the three biggest mistakes that people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s make when it comes to retirement planning. There are undoubtedly many financial/retirement planning mistakes people […]

Post #9 – Retirement Savings – Staying on Track

I thought it might be helpful to provide one more post on retirement savings before moving on to investment concepts and strategies. In Post #7 I provided a simple 4-step process on how to estimate the size of your future retirement nest egg. In Post #8 I included a table for determining what your annual […]

Post #7 – Retirement Planning Simplified, Part I

For those of you who would like a simple method to quickly estimate the amount of assets necessary to fund your retirement, and how much you need to save annually, the next couple blog posts are for you. The essence of retirement planning simplified. This post will provide a 4-step process that can be used […]

Post #5 – What can you expect from Social Security and Medicare? Part I

I originally intended this blog entry to be about estimating the future size of your retirement nest egg and what your subsequent savings rate should be. But this discussion is greatly impacted by your future social security and medicare benefits. The Social Security Administration sends out an annual benefit statement to each person who pays […]