Posts Tagged with "Social Security"

How much do you need to retire

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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Image via Wikipedia There are a lot of different ways to do this, and a variety of different results will come because of it. Personally, I choose to stick to more conservative methodologies, but you can be as aggressive as you like. Here’s how I calculate the amount you need to retire: 1. Figure out [...]

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Retirement Calculators are Risky

Friday, January 8, 2010

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Image via Wikipedia MarketWatch just came out with an interesting article analyzing twelve different retirement calculators (courtesy of the Society of Actuaries) and came to the conclusion that they all, in short, sucked. Here are the reasons they listed as the short comings: Longevity- In other words, how long will you live. Average age is [...]

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