Archive for the ‘Retirement’ Category
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Determining Your Retirement Expenses
Determining Your Retirement Expenses Last week, I detailed my necessary expenses. These are expenses that I need to cover to live and protect my income. There’s always a little fluidity to these because while transportation is a necessity for some, a new Acura isn’t. Even recognizing that fluidity, it was extremely worthwhile putting it all [...]
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Can I Retire? by Mike Piper Reviewed
I mentioned a couple of days ago that at a conference Mike Piper offered me a copy of his book Can I Retire?. In general, I hate books. I read websites most of the day and when I’m done the last thing I want to do is more reading. However, a couple of things intrigued [...]
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Social Security’s Death Clock Ticks Faster this Year
[Today's guest post is by Kosmo, a man with more irons in the fire than your local iron incinerator. He recently launched a consulting business (Sparks by Kosmo) and announced plans to publish a book on the lives of sports card collectors. Today, as he pursues a run at the White House in 2012, Kosmo [...]
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Time to Buy that Vacation/Retirement Place?
Two weeks ago, I lamented about how I bought my home at the wrong time. In fact, I’m technically upside-down on the place. That means that my mortgage is slightly more than the place is worth. So why do I ask the ridiculous question in the title? … because my wife and I are seriously [...]
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SEP IRA: Self-Employed Retirement Plans
Are you self-employed and looking to retire someday? I am. Since this website brings in a little income, it qualifies as a small business. Additionally, I contract for some other companies, which also counts as small business income. The life of a contractor is often one without a 401k. Despite my Devil’s Advocate post of [...]
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Money’s 7 New Rules of Financial Security (Part 2)
I’m reviewing Money Magazine’s 7 New Rules of Financial Security. You can read Part 1 here. Rule No. 4: Borrowing Old thinking: Borrowing sensibly is a good way to build wealth. New rule: Borrow cautiously. You have to worry about the other guy’s debt too. Money Summary: Credit was cheap and plentiful like food at [...]
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Money’s 7 New Rules of Financial Security (Part 1)
Money Magazine’s big headline this month is the 7 New Rules of Financial Security… and Why You Need to Know Them. I have to admit it’s a pretty sweet headline – it certainly caught my eye. I flipped right to page 50 to see what I needed to know why. With that in mind, let’s [...]
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Sacrificing the Little Things for Early Retirement?
This is a guest post by Andy over at Retire at 40. His plan is to get out of the rat race by the time he turns 40, which is now less than seven years away. He does use the British spellings and terminology. I thought it added to the character of the post and [...]
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Our Early Retirement Plan: Motivation, Numbers & Tools, and Conclusion (Part 5)
If you are just starting this, I suggest you start at The Introduction – Part 0. Alternatively, you can jump to Our Early Retirement Plan: Where We Are Now (Part 1), Our Early Retirement Plan: My Personal Income (Part 2), Our Early Retirement Plan: My Wife’s Plan (Part 3), or Our Early Retirement Plan: Obstacles [...]
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Our Early Retirement Plan: Obstacles and Expenses (Part 4)
If you are just starting this, I suggest you start at The Introduction – Part 0. Alternatively, you can jump to Our Early Retirement Plan: Where We Are Now (Part 1), Our Early Retirement Plan: My Personal Income (Part 2), or Our Early Retirement Plan: My Wife’s Plan (Part 3). In part 2, I explained [...]
