Tag: Retirement

  • Seventeen Startling Facts That Sum Up Women’s Retirement Risks

    [box]New Report from TCRS Highlights Women’s Challenges and the Urgent Need for Action In Recognition of National Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day[/box] Today, nonprofit Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies® (TCRS) has released a new research report, Seventeen Facts About Women’s Retirement Outlook, which sheds light on vulnerabilities unique to women in their efforts…

  • How To Create A Fulfilling Retirement When Every Day Is Saturday

    It’s the dream retirement many people anticipate for decades. Hang out around the pool all day. Play one round of golf after the other. Finally read that teetering stack of books on the nightstand. In retirement, every day is Saturday – only without the dread about what Monday morning back at the office might bring.…

  • How To Survive Retirement In A Pension-less Society

    Most people nearing retirement have had to adapt to a changing world along the way. At one time, retirement rested on what financial professionals like to refer to as a three-legged stool – Social Security, savings and a pension. That stool went wobbly, though, when most private-sector pensions began to disappear. “Years ago, the idea…

  • Investor Sentiment Survey Report

    Investor Sentiment Jumps Six Points in 2016’s Second Quarter, Following Three Quarterly Declines BOSTON, July 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Investor sentiment increased in the second quarter of 2016 as measured by the John Hancock Investor Sentiment Index, rising to +25 from +19 in the first quarter of this year. Sentiment had reached an all-time high of…

  • U.S. Retirement Savers, Investors and Obama

    $17 Billion a Year at Stake for U.S. Retirement Savers and Investors if House of Representatives Overrides President’s Veto Wednesday [box]Will U.S. House Do Bidding of Wall Street or Main Street Citizens? Fate of Department of Labor No-Conflict Rule Is “Front-Burner” Pocketbook Issue for Average Americans[/box] Millions of U.S. retirement savers and investors could suffer…

  • America’s Retirement Crisis

    America’s Retirement Crisis Highlights The Need For Better Financial Advice Ideally, people investing for retirement always should have been able to feel confident that their financial advisors were giving them unbiased advice and recommending what was best for them. That wasn’t necessarily the case, though, which prompted the Department of Labor to issue new fiduciary rules…

  • 3 Avoidable Errors That Could Upend Your Retirement Plans

    As older Americans approach retirement, many may be realizing their financial planning isn’t what it should have been. That could mean they need to postpone retirement – or abandon the idea altogether. “Most people don’t spend much time even thinking about retirement,” says Stephen Ng, author of “10 Financial Mistakes You Should Avoid: Strategies Designed…

  • Best Overseas Retirement Havens

    Three Most Affordable Overseas Retirement Havens in 2016 — InternationalLiving.com Cost of living can be a major concern for people on fixed pension, annuity, and other retirement income sources. In International Living’s 2016 Global Retirement Index, three countries stand out from the top 23 retirement locations in the world as having the best cost of…