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The Retirement Gamble: Why Low-Cost Indexing Reduces your Risk
Mon, 05/13/13 | 7 Comments
The Retirement Gamble: Why Low-Cost Indexing Reduces your Risk

The wife was working a night shift on Saturday, so I had an opportunity to do what all married personal finance bloggers dream about doing on a Saturday night – watch a PBS documentary on …

Qualifying for the Saver’s Tax Credit in 2012 and 2013
Mon, 11/26/12 | 3 Comments
Qualifying for the Saver’s Tax Credit in 2012 and 2013

What is the Saver’s Credit?
The Saver’s Credit (aka the ‘retirement savings contribution credit‘) is a lesser known, highly advantageous tax credit that the IRS makes available to low and moderate income taxpayers who make retirement …

The Retirement Crisis that Could Lead to a Zombie Apocalypse
Mon, 09/24/12 | 31 Comments
The Retirement Crisis that Could Lead to a Zombie Apocalypse

The U.S. Retirement Crisis
There has been increasing chatter lately about a need for reforming 401K’s in lieu of what is undoubtedly going to be a retirement crisis of epic proportions.
Didn’t realize a crisis was looming? …

How Much Money would you Need to Walk Away?
Wed, 08/29/12 | 23 Comments
How Much Money would you Need to Walk Away?

I focus a lot on reaching financial independence.
There are a few different paths you can take to get there, and I have stayed incredibly focused on the fastest, most direct path, which has kept it …

How to Get your Social Security Statement Online (& why you Should Check it Annually)
Mon, 07/30/12 | 2 Comments
How to Get your Social Security Statement Online (& why you Should Check it Annually)

Ever wonder what happened to those nifty Social Security statements we all used to get in the mail?
I did too. I received my Social Security statement in 2011, but wondered why I hadn’t in 2012.
It …

Inheritance? Forget it. 5 Reasons why Gen X & Y won’t Get Inheritances
Tue, 09/20/11 | 5 Comments
Inheritance? Forget it. 5 Reasons why Gen X & Y won’t Get Inheritances

Nobody wishes to see their loved ones die so that they can reap a windfall. And because nobody wants to be associated with even having those ‘what if’ thoughts, very few topics are as taboo …


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