Showing posts with label boomers retirement planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boomers retirement planning. Show all posts
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Life after 80?

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I recently realized that I have been retired for almost 20 years. I retired at 60 and am now approaching my 80 th year. I plan to be around...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Retiree to something not from something

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I came across a quote from a retirement specialist that got me thinking about my own retirement. The quote was: If you retire from something...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

The Perfect Storm

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The following is a summary of the research on  Factors Contributing to Lower  Retirement Confidence Among Women Who Are Not Married written ...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Keeping on Track

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Women getting back on track with retirement planning A new survey of employer sponsored retirement plan participants by the Nationwide Retir...
Thursday, January 6, 2022

I am 75 and can't afford to quit work

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Saving for retirement is not an option, but it is an opportunity that fewer and fewer are taking advantage of in the US and in Canada. Gover...
Monday, November 22, 2021

Lend a helping hand or not?

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  CIBC’s Deputy Chief Economist Benjamin Tal raised eyebrows this week when he said that one in five first-time homebuyers is getting help f...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

What can a person who has Power of Attorney do?

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 As we get older many of us may consider getting someone, we trust to help us look after our financial affairs. In BC this is done through a...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Money fears

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I was going to write about “Where have all the Volunteer leaders gone”, but since my interests are many, when I saw this question, I chan...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

How much will I need when I retire?

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How much you will need for retirement will depend on the lifestyle you plan to lead once retired. Will you travel? take up expensive hobbi...
Monday, June 10, 2019

Retirement age should it be increased?

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On February 1st an article appeared in McLean's Magazine, called  The retirement age in Canada is too low—and that’s a growing problem,...
Sunday, June 9, 2019

Start earlier rather than later Part 2

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If everything goes well for us, we will make it through the stages of retirement in good health and will remain active and will have lots ...
Friday, June 7, 2019

Start earlier rather than later Part 1

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Planning for retirement should start earlier rather than later, but many of us put off this planning until we are in our mid 50’s.  But to...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Feeling smug, think again.

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I have several friends who are very happy that they did not invest in the stock market. They tell me that they sleep very well at night, kn...
Thursday, May 2, 2019

How much do you need for retirement?

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On January 14, 2019, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) released the 2019 RBC Financial Independence in Retirement Poll, which uses findings fr...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Retirement readiness

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Age shouldn’t determine if you retire. You need to be willing and ready to leave. What I mean by that is retirement willingness is a state...
Monday, April 8, 2019

The link between income and pension

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The idea for this workshop came from an article written in 2014 by  Richard Denniss. Women have a problem when it comes to saving for ret...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

Best Retirement Books

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As I wander through the Internet, looking for inspiration and ideas I came across this article about the Best Retirement Books written by ...