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Retirement Planning Calculator
Do you know what it takes to work towards a secure retirement? Use this retirement planning tool to help you create your retirement plan. View your retirement savings balance and your withdrawals for each year until the end of your retirement. Social security is calculated on a sliding scale based...
Tags: Retirement Planning, InCharge Education Foundation
Tools & templates 2009-01-01
So Now You Want to Jump Back Into Stocks?
The fear that kept you from putting money into stocks all these months is starting to give way to the fear of being left behind. Time to get a little perspective, isn't it?After 17 months of a grindingly awful bear market, the worst since the Great Depression, a few...
Tags: Stock, Bear Market, Fear, MoneyWatch, Investment, Finance, MoneyWatch Feature Package, Market Swings, Market Timing, Stocks, Investment Planning, Investor Greed, Investing, Retirement Planning
Articles 2009-04-04
Rebuild Your Retirement Savings
If you are in your 40s or younger, you probably have time to rebuild your savings before retirement. If you are in your 50s or older, and you had a lot of your 401k money in the stock market, you likely face a far grimmer truth: you may not be...
Tags: Retirement, 401(k) Plan, Stock, MoneyWatch, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Investment, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Income, Retirement Income, Retirement Planning, Working Longer, Personal Bailout Plan, Market Crash, Stable Value Funds, Bonds, Carla Fried
Articles 2009-04-17
Talk Yourself off the Ledge
Sure, you?re nervous. Who isn?t? But fear is not a financial strategy. How to get a grip on your emotions, and your investments.You?re a smart investor and you?re scared. Yes, the market has rallied dramatically since mid-March ? but will it last? There?s good reason to be skeptical, given...
Tags: Retirement, Bear Market, MoneyWatch, Strategy, Investment, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Investing, MoneyWatch Feature Package, Retirement Planning, Retirement Income, Risk, Stock Market, Rally
Articles 2009-05-06
How to Know If a Reverse Mortgage Is Right for You
If you're of the right age, short on cash, and sitting on hundreds of thousands of dollars in home equity, reverse mortgages can be a sweet deal. But these loans aren't sure things. Here's how to know if a reverse mortgage is right for you. ...
Tags: Home, MoneyWatch, HUD, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures, Reverse Mortgages, Retirement Planning, Retirement Income, Home Equity, Kathy Kristof
Articles 2009-06-02
Retirement Calculator Report Card: Are You Saving Enough?
We put that question to the six top online retirement calculators and got six different answers. Here's how to use them to get the right answer. ...
Tags: Card, Retirement, Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., Income, MoneyWatch, Personal Finance, Operational Accounting, Social Security, Finance, Government, Retirement calculator, Monte Carlo simulation, Retirement planning, Vanguard, T. Rowe Price, TD Ameritrade, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, John Keefe
Articles 2009-08-11
Do Your Investments Match Your Job?
More financial planners are starting to take their clients' occupations into account when recommending asset allocations. Here's how to tell if you are a stock or a bond — and what you should do about it. ...
Tags: Job, Professor, Occupation, Bond, Stock, Income, Advisor, MoneyWatch, Investment Banker, Investment, Operational Accounting, Recruitment & Selection, Personal Finance, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Human Capital, Asset Allocation, Financial Planner, Retirement Planning, Tom Idzorek, Moshe Milevsky, John E. Grable, Steady Income, Richard Sine
Articles 2009-09-03
Quiz: Do Your Investments Match Your Job?
First you have to judge whether your job is safer or riskier than most. This quiz will give you some clues. That leaves one key question: How do you judge whether your job is one of the safe ones or one of the risky ones? Well, that’s where this...
Tags: Job, Stock, Investment, Income, Job Security, MoneyWatch, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Human Capital, Asset Allocation, Financial Planner, Retirement Planning, Tom Idzorek, Moshe Milevsky, John E. Grable, Steady Income, Richard Sine, CBS MoneyWatch.com
Articles 2009-09-08
Retirement Planning: What to Do Now
Whether you're 25 years away from retirement or you've already started packing up your office, there are specific steps you should now take to ensure your financial security. This step-by-step guide will keep you on track for a stress-free dismount from the corporate treadmill. 20 to 25 Years...
Tags: Retirement, 401(k) Plan, Financial, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., Income, Retirement Planning, MoneyWatch, IRA, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Personal Finance, Investment, Benefits, Insurance, Operational Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Carla Fried, Retirement Calculator, National Association of Personal Financial Advisers, Retirement Watch, Bob Carlson, Long-Term-Care Insurance, Social Security, Roth IRA, Pension, Center for Retirement Research, Analzyenow.com, Medicare, Medigap
Articles 2009-10-14
Smarter Retirement
Retirement planning isn't the same since the plunge. Dan Solin gives us some timely advice. by Allan Roth
Tags: Plunge, Retirement Planning, Allan Roth
Blog posts 2009-09-09
Retirement Planning Most of Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know About
You are right to be distrustful of retirement advice. Here's where you can get the most objective advice on the planet. by Allan Roth
Tags: Advice, Retirement Planning, Allan Roth
Blog posts 2009-10-15
The Best Retirement Plans
Whether you're working for a company or self-employed, these tax-favored savings plans can help you get your retirement account growing again. Has the market bottomed? Who knows? But there's one investing principle that's never in doubt: It always makes sense to grab every penny of tax advantage that Uncle Sam...
Tags: 401(k) Plan, Tax, MoneyWatch, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Personal Finance, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Roth IRA, Roth 401(k), Retirement Savings, Taxes, MoneyWatch Feature Package, Investment Choice, Loans, Financial Advice, IBM, M.A. Mortenson, Nationwide, Employer Match, Rollover, Annuity, Defined Benefit Pension, Health Care, Self-employed, Retirement, SEP IRA, Individual 401(k), Keogh, Retirement Planning
Articles 2009-03-16
Was Everything You Thought You Knew About Investing Wrong?
Stocks outperform long term. Asset allocation minimizes risk. Turns out the old investing bible needs an update. Can you hear them cracking? The very pillars of investing wisdom seem to be crumbling under the weight of this financial crisis. Who would have thought to challenge the...
Tags: Asset, Stock, Video, Asset Allocation, MoneyWatch, Asset Management, Corporate Communications, Investment, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing, Finance, MoneyWatch Feature Package, Diversification, Index Funds, Jeremy Siegel, Stocks for the Long Run, Stock Market Performance, Zvi Bodie, Paul Samuelson, Jeremy Grantham, Peter Bernstein, Retirement, Investing Lies, Retirement Planning
Articles 2009-03-16
How to Retire Well? Retire Later
MoneyWatch Editorial Director Eric Schurenberg describes one simple way you can save enough money for your retirement: work a little longer.
Tags: Retirement, MoneyWatch, Retirement Planning, Retirement Income, Age, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Finance, Social Security
Videos 2009-03-10
The Lost Culture of Saving
Social scientist Barbara Dafoe Whitehead discusses the institutions and forces that conspire against saving, and how we can change them. According to Whitehead, shortsighted government policy and a financial system based on greed turned Americans away from thrift… Even before it was fashionable, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead was proselytizing about the...
Tags: Bank, Lottery, Debt, MoneyWatch, States, Government, Financial Services, ATM, Sales Channel, Vertical Industries, Networking, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Saving, Thrift, Consumer Spending, MoneyWatch Q&A, Thrift Savings Plans, Retirement Planning, Retirement Income, Savings, Paradox of Thrift, Cait Murphy
Articles 2009-03-05
Limbo Your Way to Lower Taxes
You may be able to lower your 2009 federal income tax bill by finding ways to bring your income below certain thresholds, which would otherwise limit your write-offs. Here's how to get into those sweet spots and pay less to the Internal Revenue Service as a result... Most days, being...
Tags: Tax Credit, Income, MoneyWatch, Adjusted Gross Income, Taxes, Personal Finance, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Tax, Deduction, Credit, Phase-out, Threshold, 401(k), Retirement Planning, Health, Deductible, Dependent, College, Paperwork, Obama, Stimulus, Above-The-Line, First-Time Homebuyer Credit, American Opportunity Tax Credit, Hope Tax Credit, Lifetime Learning Credit, Making Work Pay Credit, MoneyWatch Briefing, Kathy M. Kristof
Articles 2009-03-09
Stay Employed over 50
To fill in that giant hole the bear market left in your retirement plan, you'll likely have to work longer. But staying employed after 50, is tougher than ever. So, plan early. Stay healthy. Keep your head in the game. And prep to make less... Your retirement plan probably goes...
Tags: Job, Training, MoneyWatch, Finish Line, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Retirement Planning, Alicia Munnell, Medicare, Older Workers, Stress, Carla Fried
Articles 2009-03-09
The Payoff from Retiring Later
Given the ferocity of the recent bear market mauling, odds are even a stock market rebound isn't enough to get your retirement plan back on track. The truth is you're probably going to have to work a few years longer. How to stay in the game... Let's get real. In...
Tags: Job, Retirement, Baby Boomer, Financial, Health Care, Retirement Income, Worker, MoneyWatch, CRR, Social Security, Benefits, Personal Finance, Operational Accounting, Government, Human Resources, Finance, Retirement Planning, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, 401(k), Alicia Munnell, Downsized, Age Bias, Stress, Carla Fried
Articles 2009-03-09
The Rockin' Tax-Free Roth
Among the many retirement savings options, there is one account that stands out above the others. It's the Roth IRA or 401k. In most cases, a Roth will let you save more and keep more than any other retirement plan. Find out why... When it comes to investing for...
Tags: 401(k) Plan, Income, MoneyWatch, Roth, IRA, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Benefits, Retirement Planning, Paulette Miniter
Articles 2009-03-09
Check out the Best 401(k)s
Does your 401k suck? (Or is it just you?) Find out by stacking up yours against three outstanding plans, each with particular strengths, offered by three very different companies: IBM, M. A. Mortenson, and Nationwide. ...
Tags: Employee, 401(k) Plan, IBM Corp., MoneyWatch, M. A. Mortenson, Nationwide, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Personal Finance, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Retirement Planning, Retirement Income, IBM, M.A. Mortenson, Paulette Miniter
Articles 2009-03-09
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