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Investing
For most U.S. investors, 2021 was a great year. Despite ongoing pandemic concerns, the stock market continued to rise up and up. However, 2021 is now over and we’re looking ahead to the next 12 months. Or as my old boss would always ask, “what have you done for me lately?” My normal response was […]
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Investing
After decades of productivity and setting aside a portion of your paycheck, you eventually hit retirement age. Now you need to plan how you will make withdrawals from your savings to meet your living expenses in retirement. The IRS requires retirement account holders to start taking mandatory withdrawals from their qualified retirement accounts once they […]
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Investing
If you’ve read the other articles in our “Retire at 55” Learning Path, then you know what a challenge it can be to save up enough money to comfortably retire at such a young age. We’ve talked about budgeting to lower your expenses and taking on gig work to earn (and save) more each month. […]
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Investing
In the other articles in our “Retire at 55” series, we’ve talked a lot about “saving” for retirement. But the truth is that you will never be able to save enough money to retire (and certainly not retire early) if you simply stash it away in a savings account. Instead, when we say “saving” for […]
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