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Retirement Algebra, Solving For U

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

An even tougher one, if you have medical issues, how expensive are they likely to be? I understand the difficulty of that one but if you're 50, overweight and taking a half dozen medications, you should plan on health stuff being very expensive. My 64 and 2 month number is $3049 which is where I get the $1524.50

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The Regret/Optionality Tradeoff

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

There are obviously plenty of people who retire while still having a mortgage but it's not totally unreasonable that someone could be mortgage free by the time they retire or maybe have their payoff date and retirement date coincide. This chart from the post was interesting.

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Simplifying Portfolio Hedging

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The example assumes no sort of serious medical or family calamity that altered your financial plan, life happens that way sometimes. I'd be happy with that standard dev number and lagging by 100 bps annually. If you're 81 and can no longer meet your income need from your portfolio, that is what matters.

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Start Planning Your Retirement Early to Save Enough and Plan Better

WiserAdvisor

But here’s the thing: whether you retire at 50 or 67, it isn’t just about leaving work, but being ready for what comes after. Start planning early. It takes strategic foresight, hard numbers, and smart decisions that begin well before your final day at work. Yet far too many professionals delay the planning process.

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AI Is Coming For Our Jobs

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The Wall Street Journal looked at an issue near and dear to us by profiling four people who in middle age, had their hand forced into early or retirement or otherwise unexpectedly forced to find a new job. The first profile was a guy who was head of retirement research at Bank of America. I remembered to use the gift link.

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Impact of New Tariffs on Your 401(k) by Age

WiserAdvisor

A number of changes have been proposed and implemented since President Donald Trump returned to office. They can have a direct impact on the stock market, and by extension, on your retirement investments, including your 401(k). You must make room in your budget for these rising costs to keep your retirement planning on track.

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What’s a SEP IRA and How Does it Work?

Workable Wealth

Retirement planning for the self-employed can seem complicated and, often out of reach. Without a traditional workplace 401(k), many business owners and freelancers aren’t sure how to start putting money toward retiring someday. A payment plan of “substantially equal payments” over your lifetime. These include: 1.