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May 19, 2013
Higher Yields in a Low-Interest World
WSJ.comThe pickings are growing increasingly slim for retirees looking to boost the income generated by their savings.To earn yields of 5% or more, investors—who once would have relied on the relative safety of bank certificates of deposit or ...
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May 19, 2013Senate Launches Pension-Sale Probe
WSJ.comA Senate committee launched an investigation of a controversial business in which retirees sell pieces of their future pension income to investors for a lump-sum cash payment.
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May 19, 2013
Financing Your Future
WSJ.comRetirement Income We have long made the point in these pages that building a nest egg is the easy part of retirement planning. The tough part is tapping your savings—creating a steady stream of income that, regardless of market conditions, ...
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May 13, 2013
Rethink your bond strategy for retirement
MarketWatchMARKETWATCH FRONT PAGEBonds might not be the best investment, but the looming bond losses predicted by Fuss, Buffett and others might be a long way off. If that’s the case, what should those planning for or living in retirement do with the ...
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May 12, 2013
Rethink your bond strategy for retirement
MarketWatchMARKETWATCH FRONT PAGEBonds might not be the best investment, but the looming bond losses predicted by Fuss, Buffett and others might be a long way off. If that’s the case, what should those planning for or living in retirement do with the ...
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May 11, 2013
Rethink your bond strategy for retirement
MarketWatchMARKETWATCH FRONT PAGEBonds might not be the best investment, but the looming bond losses predicted by Fuss, Buffett and others might be a long way off. If that’s the case, what should those planning for or living in retirement do with the ...
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May 5, 2013
Insurers to Annuity Owners: We Don't Want More Money; In an effort to reduce risk, companies restrict additional funds for some of their most-generous products
WSJ.comIt isn't often a business says, "Thanks, but no thanks," when you try to invest more money with it.But that is what a growing number of life insurers are saying to people who, years back, bought the retirement-income product known as a ...
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April 21, 2013
Refiguring Inflation Will Hit Retirees' Income
WSJ.comEarlier this month, President Barack Obama proposed to tweak the formula for calculating the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for Social Security recipients.
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April 14, 2013
Big 401(k) Mistakes … and How You Can Avoid Them
WSJ.comWhat you don't know about your 401(k) could hurt you.Millions of Americans are counting on their 401(k) to fund their golden years. But financial advisers say some people may be making mistakes with their 401(k)s that could hurt them now ...
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April 10, 2013Speaking Up to Prevent a Client's Mistake
WSJ.comThe accomplished professor in her late 60s was in many ways the embodiment of financial responsibility.While living a frugal lifestyle, she saved a large portion of her income and held a workplace retirement plan as well as an IRA with ...
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April 7, 2013
Throw Out the 4% Rule for Retirement? Readers Have Some Questions.
WSJ.comAn article in the March Investing in Funds & ETFs report noted that some retirement-income experts are throwing out the so-called 4% rule—the conventional wisdom that you can take 4% from your savings the first year of retirement, and ...
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March 29, 2013
How to Save More For Retirement Without Really Trying
WSJ.comThere is hope for alleviating the retirement-savings crisis. Companies just need to stop believing that "default" is a dirty word.This month, the Employee Benefit Research Institute reported that 68% of workers in its annual Retirement ...
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March 26, 2013
Downside to consumer rebound: Savings lag; Gains in consumer spending aren’t improving savings accounts
MarketWatchConsumers are getting their mojo back again, except in one key area: Their savings.New data shows that consumer spending and personal income are rising. But, experts say, that confidence comes at a price. “The majority of Americans are ...
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March 24, 2013
Retirement Is No Holiday From Debt
WSJ.comGone are the days when most Americans went into retirement with little credit-card debt and without a mortgage. Now, for a growing number of seniors, high levels of debt are threatening their retirement dreams.
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March 17, 2013
FINANCING YOUR FUTURE; When Uncle Sam Wants His Money Back; These steps can help ease the tax bite on your Social Security benefits
WSJ.comThe rules for income tax on Social Security payouts have long confounded beneficiaries—and can make it harder to stretch a dollar in retirement.
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March 15, 2013Bolstering Your Benefits
WSJ.comAs retirees look to squeeze the most from their Social Security benefits, financial firms and advocacy groups are offering more advice on maximizing payouts.
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March 10, 2013
Cheaper Annuities With 'Benefits'
WSJ.comWith markets volatile and corporations scaling back defined-benefit pension plans, those in or near retirement are paying high fees to transform plain old variable annuities into a source of guaranteed income for life.
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February 23, 2013
Tax breaks for everyone (even top earners); Some perks are available to just about anybody — regardless of income
MarketWatchIf you’re a high-income type, you’re probably painfully aware that some tax breaks are phased out (either reduced or eliminated) as your adjusted gross income, or AGI, increases. That’s the price of success, right? Well, not necessarily. ...
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February 21, 2013
How uneven returns can bust your nest egg; Commentary: Retirement calculators miss this critical point
MarketWatchJ.J. Zhang is chemical engineer and amateur financial adviser who was the winner in MarketWatch’s second annual World’s Next Great Investing Columnist contest. He runs the blog MarketTech Reports. You can follow him on Twitter ...
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February 12, 2013Hidden Disability Benefits
WSJ.comMillions of people pay for disability insurance to provide income if they become ill or injured and unable to work. Some of them might be surprised to learn they don't have to be bedridden to get benefits.
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How to Set a Retirement Budget
With proper planning, you can stretch your money for years.
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How to Invest in a Bond
Like many other investments, bonds also require investors to take greater risk for greater returns, and they can experience wide swings in price and yield.
