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Your Nest Egg's Best Asset is Your Health
Tweet Share on Facebook November 3, 2010 CommentWhen you are young and healthy it's hard to imagine a day when your health will fail. Although money is extremely important in our retirement, our health trumps that anytime of the day. Without a strong body, we cannot enjoy our travels. Without healthy bones and joints, we cannot even walk around the park without feeling pain. Without good health, we cannot enjoy anything.
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3 Guesses Necessary for Retirement Planning
Tweet Share on Facebook November 2, 2010 Comment (2)Preparing for retirement involves a lot of guesswork. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either uninformed or selling something.
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5 Tips for Affordable Travel in Retirement
Tweet Share on Facebook November 1, 2010 Comment (1)One of the biggest advantages of reaching retirement is finally having the time and freedom to travel. But with the economy still struggling, many seniors are not able to travel as much as they had hoped. Here are some tips for keeping costs down in your retirement travels.
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5 Reasons to Retire in Puerto Vallarta
Tweet Share on Facebook November 1, 2010 Comment (7)I visited Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for the first time more than 15 years ago. I’ve returned this week to find that, from a retire-overseas point of view, this town is all grown up.
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7 Ways to Select a Long-Term Care Insurance Policy
Tweet Share on Facebook October 28, 2010 Comment (8)Health care costs in retirement will be significant. A sickness or injury that creates a need for long-term care can be financially devastating. This is why purchasing long-term care (LTC) insurance can be such an important part of retirement planning. When considering LTC coverage, pay particular attention to these important policy provisions.
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4 Reasons to Deviate From Your Retirement Plan
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2010 CommentYou already know you’re supposed to plan for retirement. You save according to a plan and will be able to retire when your plan says you have enough. But knowing how you will spend your money is only part of the equation. You also need to plan how you will spend your time.
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6 Reasons to Make a Retirement To-Do List
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2010 Comment (1)Many people work hard all their lives, while thinking, discussing, and dreaming about their retirement. But not many people actually know what they want to do after they leave behind their 9 to 5 job. Many individuals think they will figure it out later. Starting a retirement to-do list well before you tell your boss you are done can motive you to save for retirement. Here are some reasons listing your post-retirement goals can help make retirement planning easier.
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Why You Need to Invest In What You Know
Tweet Share on Facebook October 26, 2010 Comment (2)I can't think of anyone better to look to for investment advice than Peter Lynch or Warren Buffett. Lynch and Buffett are legendary investors who have amassed billion dollar portfolios through sound investment strategies, one of which I want to share with you today.
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The 3 Best Places to Retire in Panama
Tweet Share on Facebook October 25, 2010 Comment (7)Panama is one of the world’s top retirement havens. However, in this country, you have three dramatically different lifestyle options to choose among: the city, the beach, and the mountains. Here are the best places in Panama to live each of these retirement lifestyles.
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3 Reasons to Start an Emergency Fund Before Saving for Retirement
Tweet Share on Facebook October 22, 2010 Comment (2)We talk a lot about saving for retirement and rightfully so. But many people get started with retirement savings without establishing a baseline of financial security for themselves: an emergency fund. A sound financial practice is to have 3 to 6 month's worth of living expenses in an easily accessible account to help you in case of an emergency. Here are three reasons to set up an emergency fund prior to investing for retirement.
