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The Last Decade: 7 Crucial Actions for a Smooth Transition to Retirement

Category: Retirement Planning

May 29, 2024 – The decade leading up to retirement is crucial for laying the groundwork for a secure and fulfilling retirement. The steps you take in this phase are more important and more complex than you might realize, so spending time and effort now will have have a big…

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Published on May 28, 2024
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Our 10 Favorite Tools for Retirement

Category: Retirement Planning

March 2, 2024 — To do retirement right, you need all of the great tools you can get. In this article we have assembled our top 10 retirement tools for your consideration. As always, we would love to hear about any helps that you have – please share them in…

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Published on March 1, 2024
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Countdown to Retirement by Decade!

Category: Financial and taxes in retirement

September 12, 2023 — Even if you are in your 30’s you have probably started the countdown to retirement. Probably with a mix of dread (will I be ready?) and anticipation (can’t wait to be free!). No matter what your current age, we’ve set up a retirement countdown in 10…

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Published on September 12, 2023
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What Is the One Thing You Could Tell Gen Xers about Retirement

Category: Retirement Planning

Sept. 5, 2023 — By now many Topretirements.com Members and visitors are well into their retirement planning, if not already retired. The next generation is coming along now, Gen Xers, folks born between 1965 and 1980. The oldest of the those hit 58 this year, so they are definitely starting…

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Published on September 5, 2023
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55+, Active Adult , Retirement Community – Which Is Right for Gen X?

Category: Active adult communities

August 24, 2023 — People in GenX might well be confused about their living options for their retirement. Should they be looking at a retirement, 55+, active adult, active resort, independent living, or assisted living community? At the stage where they are now, which type seems best for their retirement…

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Published on August 23, 2023
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Most Frequently Asked Questions at Topretirements

Category: Retirement Planning

August 15, 2023 — We have been asked a lot of questions over the 16 years Topretirements has been around. Although our website has changed over time, the inquiries tend to be the same – how do I find things on the site, as well as questions related to the…

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Published on August 15, 2023
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What Are Your Chances?

Category: Health and Wellness Issues

August 9, 2023 — It’s a question just about everyone thinks about as they reach retirement age, at least to themselves. What is my life expectancy – or, how much longer do I have on this planet as a living being? And, hopefully, will those will be good years, where…

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Published on August 9, 2023
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Where Is the Best Place to Retire?

Category: Best Retirement Towns and States

July 25, 2023 — We get this question a lot. When people ask, “Where is the best place to retire,” I have a stock answer: “Retirement is a very personal matter. The best place for you might be a terrible retirement destination for me. Before you can make an informed…

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Published on July 24, 2023
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Scary and Not Very Original, Could AI Replace Topretirements?

Category: Retirement Planning

June 23. 2023 — Everywhere you turn these days there is talk about AI, Artificial Intelligence. Many fear that it will take over journalism, the arts, and just about everything else, resulting in millions of people could be out of work. It certainly sounds scary. But other experts think it…

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Published on June 23, 2023
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