Retirement

No Longer Just for the Moneyed, Financial Advisors Are Coming After All of Us

Financial advisors are no longer for the wealthy. They’re now paying attention to the mass market.

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One Day at a Time

Helaine Olen tackles saving for retirement (or saving for anything, really) in her Guardian column today, and one of our very own editors makes an appearance.

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Open Thread

“Retirement ‘harmful to health’, study says.” — Headline in BBC News. “What a load of tosh,” say commenters on BBC News story.

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A Quick Recorded Convo With My Dad About Retirement

My dad and I talked to John Hockenberry from WNYC’s The Takeaway yesterday, and here is our little convo. I was very very wary of Speaking For Our Generation, so it’s all about ME.

But though my own inability to think about retirement is largely influenced by smaller crises of my own making, I wish I’d emphasized that This Terrible Economy has really retarded all of our abilities to earn and save and plan. So just pretend I said that.

More from me and my dad here and here.

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More on the 401(k) Problem

We talked a little bit about why the 401(k) is problematic in my conversation with Helaine Olen yesterday. That conversation is also happening in other places, like at Counterparties.

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I Don’t Want to Retire

With new opportunities and unprecedented career flexibility, our generation is reframing the concept of retirement, just as many Baby Boomers shook up the notion that one couldn’t go back to school or switch careers mid-stream.

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The Pope’s Retirement

SNL made a retirement ad for the pope, but the Vatican prepared the first retirement package for Pope Benedict XVI.

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My Year in Money: A Gif Odyssey

For 22 years old, 2 years out of college, I feel like I’m in a pretty good place.

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Retirement Savings, At Different Stages

I often ask my folks what they’ll do if they don’t have the money the need to live comfortably after they both retire. “We’ll make it work,” is their answer.

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How to Borrow from Your 401(k) to Pay Off Your Debt

I’ve read the snowball vs. avalanche method of paying off debt, and I figured I’d tell you about my own personal method—or at least, the one that I’ve used a couple of times over the last few years that has helped me tons. This method requires that you’ve been saving for retirement via a 401(k).

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