Your Retirement Plan in 2012: Stocks Up or Doomsday?

So have you thought about what changes 2012 might bring to your retirement nest egg and income plan? I haven’t posted in a while but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about our economic future.  Indeed, I have been contemplating what moves to make, if any, between now and the end of the year to plan for what lies beyond.

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Retirement Planning and Lack of Trust

I don’t trust many of the institutions and individuals who operate in the financial world.  It recently occurred to me that much of my retirement planning is based on that lack of trust.  There are plenty of examples of this.

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Retirement, Financial Independence and Boredom

One of the great challenges of retirement has to be avoiding be overwhelmed by boredom. We often read and hear about folks who quit the workforce cold turkey then find they are lost in a different world with nothing to do.  That is not good for retirement happiness. Today a learned about a surprisingly “extreme” example of this. Read more