Retirement Planning

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Learn about Retirement Planning

Learn about planning your retirement.

A secure, comfortable retirement is every worker's dream. And now because we're living longer, healthier lives, we can expect to spend more time in retirement than our parents and grandparents did. Achieving the dream of a secure, comfortable retirement is much easier when you plan your finances.


Planning For A Lifetime

It's not going to be your parents' retirement - rewarded at 65 with a gold watch, a guaranteed pension, and health insurance for life. For many Americans, retiring in this new century is a mystery. Earlier generations of workers could rely on employer-provided pensions, but now many workers will need to rely on their own work-related and personal savings plus Social Security benefits. These savings have to last longer because Americans are living longer, often into their eighties and nineties.

If you are one of those people who want to plan - and are about 10 to 15 years from the day you retire, this information might be of interest to you. Today's, and tomorrow's retirees may well have a new kind of retirement. With a longer and healthier life span, bikes, boats, planes, and RVs may be part of your life, because you are more likely than previous generations to be an active older American.

Retirement Planning in the News

  • The ABC's of baby boomer retirement planningLexington Clipper-Herald4 hours ago

    (ARA) - If you are one of America's 78.2 million baby boomers, you are likely considering what ideal retirement will look like, and the steps required to achieve it. With the current economic downturn, many boomers are finding it necessary to revisit their initial retirement goals.

  • State Retirement System Under ScrutinyFenceviewer1 second ago

    AUGUSTA — The Maine State Retirement System is undergoing its share of scrutiny as a nine-member task force discusses the future of the $9.3-billion retirement fund.

  • Prudential executive discusses variable annuities and retirementThe Star-Ledger6 hours ago

    JOHN O’BOYLE/THE STAR-LEDGERJac Herschler, head of business strategies for Prudential Annuities, offers products providing steady income after retirement. Jac Herschler feels a sense of tranquillity while cruising at night in his sturdy 42-foot sailboat in the open waters off Rhode...

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