The aim of this blog is to provide information on an individual’s retirement planning, from their first steps to the last days of their retirement.
Life can be complicated — Social Security tries to make up for that.The amount that a person is entitled to when it comes to claiming Social Security goes beyond just what they’ve earned over...
In August 2009, my wife and I — both now 75 years old — purchased a foreclosure condominium in Port Hueneme, Calif., for $120,000 in cash. Since that time, our son has lived rent-free...
Talk about an unwanted Christmas surprise. Vanguard Group’s website has suffered a partial outage for six days now, according to reports, which has prevented customers from accessing account information and executing transactions. The...
Envisioning a retirement by the beach, or with a relocation? It all takes planning, and there are plenty of tools to help with that. Retirement Tip of the Week: If you’ve decided to get serious...
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We need some help to see if a move to Northern California would severely damage our retirement plans.My wife (45) and I (42) currently earn about $425,000 per year. We’ve saved $775,000 toward retirement...
I’m a single, 50-year-old bicultural gay man considering an early semi-retirement due to ageism in my profession. I have $3.5 million in taxable investments (including the appreciation of my home) that I’d like to...
Mindfulness meditation might be good for your well-being, but the process of non-judgmentally focusing on the present instead of, say, the future as most long-term investors are encouraged to do, could be bad for...
Creating an investment portfolio can be confusing for even the more seasoned investor, but someone just starting out may want the easiest path of all. One option: an automated investment platform, known as...
Dear MarketWatch, My mother recently passed away. My brother had been living with and caring for her for a couple of years and was the one to find her after she died. Her...
