This is a very important question. Usually, the quoted amount is 70% of what you last earned annually, in order to have a satisfactory living. This assumes that you were in perfect health when you retired from your job, and your mortgage is already paid off.
However, if your plans include traveling around the world, to go back to school for a PhD degree, and also to build the perfect house you have always dreamed of, then you could need as much as, or even more than 100% of your last …
Sorry for the non-blogging today, but I have been working on an educational program regarding Social Security and its possible reforms.
It is amazing how easy research is now that just about everything can be found on the internet. The Social Security and Census web-sites were very helpful. The federal government is not entirely wasteful. Google was not bad either.
Social Security Reform
Thursday Sector Laggards: Music & Electronics Stores, Education & Training Services
Mutual fund rates are fundamentally turbocompresseur-incurred cost savings company accounts. you get about the identical rate of interest, and you can publish a fixed quantity of checks from their store. although dividends for highest money market rate usually are not of up to with certificates of deposit, this is a trade-away from ease. With Compact [...]
The Risks Of Higher Return Mutual Funds
Netflix, the stock that Wall Street loved to hate, roared back on Thursday morning, says Jon Friedman.
MarketWatch First Take: Netflix is not dead yet
From DSNews we get this encouraging tidbit:
DSNews: Job Loss would make 1 in 3 Homeless
And by “encouraging,” I mean that the last thirty years of insane financialization and ridiculous consumption is making itself evident everywhere you turn. while the use of “homeless” in the article is a touch misleading, it still paints a pretty yucky picture:
One in three Americans would be unable to make their mortgage or rent payment beyond one month if they lost their job, according to the results of a national survey taken in mid-September.
Despite being more …
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