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Retirement Income
http://www.retirement-income.net/blog
Retirement income and retirement investing recommendations for a secure and comfortable retirement for people age 50+
- Added on: Jul 29th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Senior Investment Newsletter Provides Fresh Retirement Advice Each Month
Receive 12 monthly issues of the SeniorFinances Newsletter. Here is a small sample of articles that have appeared: Social Security Benefits How To Get A Bigger Check If You Can Save In Retirement Put It Where It’ll Count Eight W...
Social Security Benefits—How to Get a Bigger Check
Sure you can start your social security benefits at age 62, but is that wise? In most cases not. In most cases, given average life expectancy, you earn more by waiting until your full retirement age to start benefits. If you’re married, you ...
Reverse mortgages can turn your home’s equity into spending dollars
If you are retired, you may have discovered that your current income is insufficient to meet your living expenses, especially if you have unexpected medical or funeral bills. In many cases, either liquid assets or insurance will be sufficient to me...
If You Can Save in Retirement, Put It Where It’ll Count
In economic downturns everyone tends to tighten their budgets, and that includes retirees. In fact you may find you’re actually saving in retirement after paying your regular expenses. So where should you put this ‘extra’ savings as a retire...
Spouse’s Early Retirement May Lower Other Spouse’s Social Security Benefits
Traditionally, about 50% of people eligible to collect Social Security at 62 do so. But if you do, you’ll receive about 25% less income (i.e. Social Security benefits) than waiting until your full retirement age – between 65 and 67 depending on y...
Take an ‘in kind’ IRA Distribution If You Expect Its Value to Increase
Once you’ve reached age 70½, you must take a minimum required IRA distribution (MRD) each year. But if you don’t need the cash to live on and you expect your IRA stock to increase in the future, consider taking an ‘in kind’ IRA distributio...
