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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!
Retirement: How to Protect Yourself During Market Volatility
Great article, from The Week, about how to understand and cope with the extreme volatility in today's invetsing environment. -...
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Jul 25, 20231 min read
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What is Elder Fraud and How to Avoid It?
It seems like the thing that would never happen to me! However, scams are getting more sophisticated that even those among us who...
retirementgoat
Jul 25, 20231 min read
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How to Choose the Appropriate Spending Level for Retirement
As much as income, spending and lifestyle decisions impact happiness (and solvency) in retirement. Here is a great article on...
retirementgoat
May 18, 20231 min read
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I'm 65 Years Old and Retiring Soon: How Should I structure My Portfolio?
A quick read from SmartAsset citing some key considerations rather than a "fixed" one-size-fits-all approach. Important consideration, of...
retirementgoat
May 1, 20231 min read
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The Role of Real Estate in Your Retirement Plan
From Entrepreneur, this article focuses on real estate investment, rather than habitation, and some of the benefits of maintaining...
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Apr 11, 20231 min read
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Don't be fooled by these 9 money myths
A lot of valid, and a few reassuring, pieces of advice here. - RetirementGoat
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Apr 2, 20231 min read
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4 Simple Ways Beginner Investors Can Build the Classic 60/40 Portfolio
This article from CNBC explains what a 60/40 portfolio is (60% stocks/40% bonds) as well as why is is a classic "moderate risk" portfolio...
retirementgoat
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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What are your income sources for retirement in Canada?
A short summary, for Canadians, from Vancouverisawesome. I note that continued employment income, often on a part-time basis, is a choice...
retirementgoat
Mar 25, 20231 min read
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How to Save Money: A Comprehensive Guide
From Fortune, a good common-sense primer on how to approach financial planning. While not a retirement planning guide, most of the advice...
retirementgoat
Mar 19, 20231 min read
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10 Best Women in Personal Finance You Must Follow
Whether you want to follow some of these financial writers/bloggers to support women in finance or strictly because they can help...
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Mar 5, 20231 min read
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What Is Dividend Yield? Why Is It Important?
Good introduction to Dividend Investing with an explanation on how they are calculated, why they are offered by companies and also, an...
retirementgoat
Mar 1, 20231 min read
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Annuities: The Pros and Cons
Annuities are one of the many forms of guaranteed income in retirement. this article from Entrepreneur summarizes some of the benefits...
retirementgoat
Feb 25, 20231 min read
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Top 4 Takeaways From My Past Decade of Investing Experience
I would suggest that this verges on "must read" territory. This is a two-part article from Seeking Alpha, with the first three learnings...
retirementgoat
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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Financial Literacy: 10 Ways to Improve It
This article, from Entrepreneur, provides a number of suggestions to improving financial literacy, rightfully starting with starting or...
retirementgoat
Feb 10, 20231 min read
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Bonds Can Be Taxable or Tax-Free - Here's Your Guide
Quick Primer from Business Insider on the tax implications of personally investing in bonds. - RetirementGoat
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Growth vs Value: Two Approaches to Stock Investing
These are investment terms that are used often in financial articles. This article from TipRanks explains the differences, and...
retirementgoat
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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How to Create a Retirement Income Plan Based on Cashflow
Really smart approach from Kiplinger, particularly for retirees with multiple sources of incomes, company pensions, government,...
retirementgoat
Feb 2, 20231 min read
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What to do when your term life insurance is ending?
This is a decision for many on when do you no longer need life insurance or how much? Good overview on some of the options and...
retirementgoat
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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Dividend Growth Stocks as a Driver of Retirement Strategy
In this article from The Street, dividend growth stocks are discussed as part of an investment strategy with some of the benefits as well...
retirementgoat
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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Annuitization vs Lifetime Withdrawls
Here is a pretty subtle difference for many of us that can have large impacts in a number of ways when considering a financial product...
retirementgoat
Jan 20, 20231 min read
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