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Don’t give up on retirement!

This article about being able to retire well caught my eye yesterday for a number of reasons.  The first, of course, being the idea that people are panicked about the state of their retirement accounts, but they shouldn’t worry – they can still have a good retirement.  I shouldn’t be one to worry, with 30+ [...]

March Net Worth Update (+9.96%)

March was a great month for my net worth!  It increased 9.96%.

I have to be honest.  The majority of that increase was due to some very generous family members who like to share their wealth among the 20-somethings in our family.  I am so thankful for their support.  That money goes straight into savings, of [...]

Who should get your retirement money?

I had an interesting conversation with a friend a few days ago, and got her permission to discuss it here. She is engaged and I was very pleased to hear that she and her future husband have been discussing how they plan to deal with their finances after they wed. I am not [...]

A downside for the ladies

Yesterday, an AP article discussed that “Women should factor longer life into retirement.”

According to the article, women live an average of 22 years after retirement, while men only live 19 years after retirement, and given the increase in medical costs, women therefore need to save 2% more than men every year for 30 years to [...]

What I Wish I Had Known

At work, there has been an influx of fresh faced young employees over the past few weeks. Some just out of college, others just out of grad school. I’m enjoying meeting all these new people, and it’s always great to have new, enthusiastic employees.

There has been a lot of talk as of late as to [...]