Retirement Planning

Living at a level of comfort you’re used to when you retire requires taking steps to ensure that you have enough money. Retirement planning involves examining your goals for retirement, and then figuring how much you need to meet those objectives. You need to figure-out when to start investing and saving, how much you need to save, and what you may expect to receive from other sources such as Social Security. Retirement objectives, costs and resources are issues you need to take stock of before you quit working. Otherwise, you may find that you can’t afford to stop working.

The Wall Street Journal's Brett Arends on Annuities

Brett Arends writes a personal finance column for the Wall Street Journal. He is one of the more interesting and popular personal finance writers in the industry. Although a subscription is required to read the Wall Street Journal, Arends' column (among other Journal features) is highly recommended. For the past two weeks, Arends has written columns that focus on annuities. The columns can be accessed by clicking here and here . Both articles are highly recommended. Topics addressed include:...

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Listen to Zvi Bodie When it Comes to Retirement Planning

Zvi Bodie is absolutely one of the most honest and refreshing voices in finance and economics. Professor Bodie also happens to be an advocate of life-cycle investing.

A recent interview with Bodie is highly recommended and available in U.S. News & World Report.

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Chief Investment Strategist from TIAA-CREF -- Think of Income When Considering Annuities

Annuities are all about producing income that will last according to P. Brett Hammond. Hammond is the chief investment strategist for TIAA-CREF asset management. In Hammond's view wealth creation and asset accumulation are fine, but producing income should be front and center when thinking about retirement: There's nothing wrong with wealth creation. In fact, it's fabulous. But the problem is if you're only thinking about wealth creation for retirement income, you may forget about all the other...

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The Business Week Cover Story on Retirement--Life-Cycle in Theory but Status Quo in Practice

Business Week just ran a timely cover story on the post-financial crisis retirement landscape. Portions of the feature present a remarkable contradiction. While there is a clear endorsement of...