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Why DIY investors still might want a financial adviser

You’re comfortable investing your money, managing your household budget, and planning for retirement. When questions arise (Lease or buy a car? Refinance my home mortgage? Do I need long-term care ...
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What Happens to Your Retirement Plan Now That the Fed Lowered Interest Rates?

At the end of July, the Fed lowered its key interest rate by 0.25% to just below 2.25% — the first time it has cut rates since 2008. ...
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The best way to save for retirement may include this underused plan

Most people understand the virtues of a 401(k) when it comes to saving for retirement. Still, few know that there’s another employer-sponsored plan that could work just as ...
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How to Lower Your Retirement Tax Rate to Less Than 10%

By JERRY GOLDEN, INVESTMENT ADVISER REPRESENTATIVE, President  |Golden Retirement Advisors Inc. July 17, 2019 CONTACT ME Managing your income by using the right mix of investments and annuities in retirement ...
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The Women Facing The Greatest Retirement Risk

Women in their 50s who are at the most financial risk in retirement are those who are married and in two-income households. That’s the surprising news from a ...
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10 Jaw-Dropping Stats About Social Security

Retirement was a much riskier time of life in America before the 1935 debut of Social Security. The program was designed to help Americans live more comfortably in ...
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Doing this one thing with your Social Security could mean losing $100,000 in retirement

Retirees will lose an average of $111,000 in income per household because they took Social Security benefits too early into their retirement, rather than draw down on their ...
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This is how boomers are reinventing retirement living

Louise Rausa, 72, lived in world-class cities including Paris and New York, and she spent part of her adulthood in co-housing communities in the western United States where ...
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Why eating healthy matters more as we age; tips for every decade

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

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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