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(Video) Your Federal Retirement Annuity for CSRS and FERS

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Federal Retirees to See Largest Cost-of-Living Adjustment in Decades in 2022

Federal retirees will see the largest annual increase in benefits payments in 40 years in 2022, as the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday that the annual Social Security ...
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Good News Higher 401(k) Contribution Limits Announced By IRS For 2022

There is some good news from the IRS for retirement savers; they have announced an increase to the contributions limits for workers with a 401(k), 403(b) and 457 ...
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Sequence of Returns: What It Means and How to Deal

If you’re a buy-and-hold investor with a long time horizon, it’s helpful not to focus too much on shorter-term total returns. Despite ups and downs from year to ...
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How to Prepare for Retirement After Age 60

There is still time to improve your retirement finances in the years leading up to retirement. By reviewing how much you have saved and thinking about how much ...
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Social Security cost-of-living increase will boost benefits 5.9% in 2022 as inflation spikes

Now that’s more like it. Older Americans scraping by on meager increases in their Social Security checks the past decade will reap a relative windfall next year. The ...
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5 Ways To Pay Long-Term Care In Retirement

Long-term care (LTC) is expensive. Even bottom-of-the-barrel care can break the average retirement income plan. The problem is exponentially worse for married couples who face increased odds of ...
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Don’t want to fully retire? Here’s when phased retirement may work

Retirement doesn’t have to be a drastic cut from a full-time job to no job at all. You may still want to work, just not as much — ...
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How to Inflation-Proof Your Retirement as Prices Continue to Rise

The reopening of the economy means that consumers are finally spending more money on goods and services, driving inflation up to 5.3% in August compared to a year earlier. In ...
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Types of Annuities and How they Work

The Main Types of Annuities Generally speaking, there are two basic annuity types, immediate and deferred. The main difference between them is your payout options. With an immediate ...
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