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My Retirement Blog
http://www.myretirementblog.com
Tracking the retirement research and progress of a young professional trying to reach an early and fruitful retirement.
- Added on: May 14th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
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How To Find A Stock Broker
Every once and a while, someone emails me to ask how I find a good stock broker for my retirement assets. What do I look at when I compare stock brokers? My answer, almost always, is “it depends.” Ahhh I bet you hate that answer too. Well...
No COLA in 2010, Artificially High COLA in 2009
While no one welcomed the news of no cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2010 for Social Security recipients, I didn’t hear anyone complain about an “artificially high” 5.8% increase this year (2009). Artificially high is the term u...
$250 Social Security Bonus Payment
When it was revealed that there would be no cost of living adjustment for Social Security in 2010, people were livid. Just reading the comments on my blog revealed that people were furious there was no adjustment next year, so you can imagine how the...
Best Companies to Retire From
Fortune has published a list of the best companies to retire from and the companies they list come as no surprise to me: IBM – They cite the 401(k) plan as a “gold-standard” with automatic contributions of 4% plus a match of contri...
2010 Income Tax Brackets
Every year in mid-September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases inflation data for the last year and tax mavens get to calculating how much all the various tax numbers will move. It turns out inflation was a mere 0.19%, meaning most of the figur...
