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Why eating healthy matters more as we age; tips for every decade

Lifestyle Retirement
Every year around my birthday, I begin to reflect, probably more so than I do on Dec. 31 of each year. It didn’t seem to matter as much ...
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Nearing Retirement? It’s Time to Focus on Goals Instead of Investments

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In some ways, life in retirement is tougher than years you spent in the workplace, or at least more complex. You have many decisions to make about where ...
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Nearly Half of Baby Boomers Are Making This Expensive Retirement Mistake

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Retirement is an exciting milestone that’s decades in the making, but it also requires a tremendous amount of planning. Simply winging it by saving what you can and ...
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How to Avoid Sequence-Of-Returns Risk

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INVESTORS TEND TO BE focused on short-term returns, even though people know intellectually that the long haul is important. It’s hard to avoid peeking at your investment results every quarter ...
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Here’s 1 Retirement Savings Strategy You May Need to Rethink

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We all have different reasons for putting off retirement savings during our careers. In our 20s, our income tends to get monopolized by student loans. In our 30s, ...
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This may be why Americans are so bad at saving for retirement

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MarketWatch We get blanket advice about preparing for retirement, but is that hurting more than helping? Americans are often told not to touch their retirement savings until the ...
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Comparing The 3 Most Popular Retirement Income Strategies

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Is there a retirement crisis? The debate centers on how much people have saved or set aside for retirement. But the focus on savings amounts misses the point. ...
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Retirement Income Planning Strategies Ease Money Fears

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If you want to avoid worrying about running out of money in your old age, good retirement income planning can be a big help. And fear about depleting ...
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Why Retirement Planning Must Start at the End (and Why Many Do It Backward)

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If you feel dread when you think about retirement instead of gleeful anticipation, it could be because you don’t know exactly what your goal is. Here’s how to ...
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CNBC-Women are more likely to leave financial planning to their spouses. Here’s why that’s a problem

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New research finds that women tend to leave crucial money moves up to their spouses or significant others, which sets them back financially. This tendency is especially prevalent ...
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