Tag: Retirement Benefits
Wall Street Journal Recommends Financial Advisor For Retirees
I continue to find the Wall Street Journal one of the best sources of financial advice for seniors. In the “Ask Encore” column on Monday, October 31, 1017, Glenn Ruffenach recommends that retirees retain a financial advisor, despite fees that can run to 1% of assets. While some retirees have the skills and time to manage…
Financial Planning For Retirement
As with most articles on my blog, this one started with a conversation with a friend. The friend recently turned 60 and is starting to seriously think about retiring from a professional position. He is thinking about a range of options: fully retiring at age 62, shifting to part-time with his firm and delaying retirement…
Working Part-Time Post-Retirement Age May Be Good For Your Health
On the page “What Is Retirement” (see link above on the banner of this blog) I propose a new definition for retirement as “The period of one’s life when one shifts from working primarily for the means of earning income to working primarily for the satisfaction of producing a purpose or result while devoting additional…