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Welcome to our Blog! Here you will find a selection of handpicked articles and original posts that can help you think about how you want to plan your retirement. You can use the filters below to switch between original 'Posts' and 'Articles' from various categories about all things retirement!
Cost of Home Care vs Nursing Home
Some interesting points here. Actual costs can vary widely among both options and there are often third (or fourth) alternatives such as...
retirementgoat
Dec 3, 20221 min read
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Why Most Retirees Will Never Spend Down Their Retirement Savings
Interesting article from 2016 by Michael Kitches on his Kitches website. Intuitively, as most of us save to fund the rest of our lives...
retirementgoat
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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Flat-Fee vs Asset-Based Financial Advisors
Everyone considering hiring a Financial Advisor should understand how their advisor would get paid and how that would impact overall...
retirementgoat
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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7 Most Useless Pieces of Financial Advice
Some interesting advice from FinanceBuzz and worth considering. Keep in mind that there is a counter-argument to every point and you need...
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Dec 2, 20221 min read
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Doing Your Retirement Income Planning in the Right Order Matters
This is a point from Kiplinger is one that, I think, is often overlooked in retirement planning. After starting with a base income,...
retirementgoat
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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What is a Good Dividend Yield?
Good clear description from Entrepreneur of what dividends are and how yield and risk relate, as well as the importance of both growth...
retirementgoat
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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Giving Tuesday: How Retirees Can Achieve Tax Benefits From Their Charitable Giving
Giving Tuesday is the charitable response to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. For all those that give back to others in any way, good for...
retirementgoat
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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Saving Money: 28-Year Old Retiree Gives Away Her Incredible Secret...
Normally, I would be a little dismissive of any "incredible secret"; age-bias aside. However, I do love the concept of valuing items by...
retirementgoat
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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Home Renovations to Make Before You Retire
I have seen a number of lists on home renovation ideas before retirement. This post is from Hometap, a home equity lender. While we will...
retirementgoat
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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How to succeed as a solo retiree
There are countless unique considerations for retiring single. This sponsored Financial Post article outlines some of the key...
retirementgoat
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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How to Work From Home for Big Companies
Good article from The Wealth Gang website detailing opportunities at big companies, many of which are well-suited to retirees. -...
retirementgoat
Nov 30, 20221 min read
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Should I "cash in" my pension and take $1.1 million to retire now
This is a great article from the Financial Post in Canada but, other then some references to Canadian retirement investment vehicles,...
retirementgoat
Nov 30, 20221 min read
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Disparities For Women and Minorities in Retirement Savings
A little different type of article with parts of three academic articles summarized by The Brookings Institute and others including some...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read
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How to buy bonds
Good straight-forward article on buying bonds in the US from Fortune, a leading US publication. There is a lot more to know, including...
retirementgoat
Nov 30, 20221 min read
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Her Tiny Community Retirement
Here is a first-person account, with some great photos and video, of a San Francisco resident that traded the Bay area for an Oregon tiny...
retirementgoat
Nov 30, 20221 min read
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How to avoid mistakes with required minimum distributions from your retirement accounts
Following on the recent post on 401(k) accounts, penalties are something that we all want to avoid, particularly financial ones. -...
retirementgoat
Nov 30, 20221 min read
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How Does a 401(k) Work When You Retire?
A simple description of a core US retirement savings product by SmartAsset. For Canadians, a 401(k) is very similar, with some key...
retirementgoat
Nov 30, 20221 min read
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A Home Designed for a Couple Aging in Place
Living in a home that accomodates your changing needs over your retirement years is the goal of many couples. This article details some...
retirementgoat
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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What Types of Insurance Do Seniors Need?
When you consider insurance needs into retirement, it is always important to consider pensioner and/or government benefits as well as...
retirementgoat
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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Free Stuff for Seniors
At the pharmacy recently, an employee stocking shelves dashed through a line-up towards me at the self-checkout. While I expected her to...
retirementgoat
Nov 28, 20221 min read
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