Category: Retirement Planning
July 7, 2016 — If you have been curious about how your plans for retirements stack up with other baby boomers, look no further. The almost 1200 community-minded members who responded to last week’s “How Much Do You Expect to Receive in Retirement” survey have answered your question. We will…
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Published on July 7, 2016
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
July 10, 2016 — This is Part 2 of the results from last week’s “How Much Do You Expect to Receive in Retirement” survey. In this installment we will report on the questions having to do with renting, financing, 55+ design features, and general comments about finding a place to…
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Published on July 9, 2016
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Category: Retirement Planning
July 13, 2016 — If you have been curious about how your plans for retirement stack up with other baby boomers, look no further. This article will let you compare your plans and dreams with the 1200+ community-minded members who responded to our recent “How Much Do You Expect to…
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Published on July 12, 2016
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
July 20, 2016 — The oldest baby boomers, those born in the first post WWII year, are turning 70 this year. To which the IRS is probably saying, “Happy Birthday Boomer”, because the U.S. Treasury is about to get billions in tax presents. That’s about to happen because Required Minimum…
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Published on July 19, 2016
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
July 20, 2016 — The decision on when to start taking your Social Security retirement benefits is a very personal matter. Our members report a wide range of answers – from “as soon as I can” to “waiting until the maximum age of 70”. This article will give some highlights…
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Published on July 19, 2016
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Category: Baby Boomer Retirement Issues
Note: This is a followup to the Reunion Survey and results article we published in 2015. In that poll we found an even split between those looking forward to their 50th reunion, and those who said they either had no plans to attend, or were undecided. Many who said they…
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Published on July 24, 2016
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Category: Retirement Planning
July 26 , 2016 — A recent study of those who are about to retire vs. people who have already retireed reveals a sobering fact – pre-retirees tend to dramatically underestimate when they will retire. That underestimate is huge – between 5 and 7 years. While it displays a healthy…
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Published on July 26, 2016
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