Qualified retirement plans are "qualified" because of the tax treatment that they receive under the Internal Revenue Code. Normally the qualified retirement plans are set up by employers as part of the employee benefit packet. To be on the lists of q...

As an aging population races toward retirement, new homes designed for those fifty-five and over are cropping up all over the United States. Resort-style, age-restricted communities are becoming increasingly popular.

New facilities and planned ...

I was talking to an old friend the other day, he works at a management company that handles Self Directed IRAs. Anyway we were discussing the sad fact that 96% of Americans allow banks, Insurance companies and stock brokers to rip them off, by putti...

Stock markets crashing, housing values imploding, low bond yields, all have had a negative impact on the net worth of millions of Americans who are either retired or are saving for retirement. And this is only the prelude, to a U.S. economy that ha...

In a recent conversation with a friend of more than fifty years, I invited her to share some ideas with me about how she might envision my spending the rest of my retirement years. She was, as she always is, gracious in her response. I lis...

Saving for retirement is something that everyone needs to consider, as it's an important long-term goal. Every working person, no matter how old he or she is, will eventually reach retirement age. Once you person retires, they'll no longer be earning...

With the recent Wall Street crisis causing record drops and gains, your retirement account may not have value it had before this storm hit. you've saved diligently over the years just to see something like this wipe it out. What can you do to protect...

Doors unopened, windows nailed shut, closets unexplored....until a knock comes from the other side of that door, a baseball comes flying through that window, that closet is finally revealed with all its treasures.

That is what it has been like...

In today's uncertain times, having a retirement account may not be enough. You can do all the right things and still see your money evaporate due to forces outside of your control. Having a retirement account is like fossil fuel energy, it's finite, ...