Tag: retirement planning

Retirement Reality: New Guideposts for Retirement Saving for Gen X, Gen Y and Millennials

Recently, the news has been reporting on the sad, but completely unsurprising finding that people are raiding their retirement accounts to pay credit card debts and other bills. Of course, taking any amount of money out of your retirement account for any reason jeopardizes your 

8 Actions to Organize Your 401(k)

This month’s discussion of organizing your retirement planning, a critical step in organizing your finances, has been very helpful to me personally.  I still don’t feel that I have a complete grasp of everything 401(k)-related, but I have learned quite a bit about where to 

Ruly Recap: Retirement Planning

"The Life and age of woman, stages of woman's life from the cradle to the grave," James Baillie, c1848. From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Thank you for bearing with me this month as we explored the complexities of retirement planning! I know the subject matter can be a little dry and dense but hope that you at least found something this month to improve your own retirement planning.

Below is a very quick summary of this month’s posts:

Retirement Planning Posts

Fun Posts

“A very detailed review of my book. I loved it, but if you’re ADD, you’ll HATE it-a lot of reading.”

If this is still not enough of a summary for you with regard to retirement planning, I have also created a separate post consolidating the 8 most important tips to remember and the timeline for doing each. You can read that post here:

Thanks for your great comments and feedback this month! Have a wonderful weekend and please check back on Tuesday as we start a new month and a new organizing topic!

Suze Orman on Retirement Planning

In case you missed it, Suze Orman recently gave some great tips on retirement planning on CNBC, including tips for people at a variety of income levels. The video is below: You can keep up with Suze’s latest videos by adding her RSS feed (here) 

Fear of the 401(k): What if I Need To Get My Money Out?

One aspect of organizing your retirement saving strategy we have not discussed yet is how you can access your money in an emergency, particularly if that money is locked up in a specialized account like a 401(k).  Some people adopt a fierce “live for today”