Prepare for Retirement by Owning Some Gold

Gold is the constant. Its value doesn’t change. Its dollar price changes, but not its value. So when investors come to me and ask me how they can hedge against the falling value of the dollar, I always tell them to buy gold. Words: 402

See larger image Live It Up Without Outliving Your Money!: Getting the Most From Your Investments in Retirement (Hardcover) By (author) Paul Merriman List Price: $24.95 USD New From: $14.71 In Stock Used from: $12.74 In Stock

Is Your Household One of the 51% Projected to be at Risk in Retirement?

Many Americans are reacting to the economic downturn not by resolving to save more but by no longer actively planning for retirement. “That’s exactly the opposite of what they should be doing,’’ said Paul Ballew, senior vice president at Nationwide Insurance. Words: 369

See larger image The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning (Hardcover) By (author) Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Richard Ferri, Laura F. Dogu List Price: $24.95 USD New From: $13.98 In Stock Used from: $15.88 In Stock

How Safe Is Your Retirement Money from the Government’s Grasp?

Hank Paulson, the Goldman Sachs bankster/US Treasury Secretary, who deregulated the financial system, caused a world crisis that wrecked the world financial system is writing in the New York Times urging that the mess he caused be fixed by taking away from working Americans the Social Security and Medicare for which they have paid in earmarked taxes all their working lives. Wall Street’s approach to the poor has always been to drive them deeper into the ground. Words: 777

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Current Economic Strains Will Change ‘Retirement’ for Millions

Early retirement isn’t as fashionable as it used to be, mainly because many Americans will simply have no choice but to keep working, perhaps for 10 or even 15 years longer than they expected Words: 1281

See larger image Working After Retirement For Dummies (Paperback) By (author) Lita Epstein List Price: $21.99 USD New From: $0.36 In Stock Used from: $0.01 In Stock

The 80% Retirement Income Myth

The large majority of consumers would prefer to cut back on the luxury items that make up so much of their pre-retirement spending if that permitted them to retire on the timeline that they desired. But who tells people that? Instead, the conventional planning advice is that you want 80% of pre-retirement income, you can reluctantly settle for 70%, and if you only get 50%, you’re eating cat food. Words: 546

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Canadian Pension System Among World’s Best

The Canadian retirement income system is performing well and is providing Canadians with an adequate standard of living upon retirement says a study commissioned on behalf of the federal and provincial governments. Words: 259