Business owners coming to terms with their retirement reality. Getty In many countries, retirement benefits are a privilege. But when that golden age arrives, not everyone is prepared to put down their tools and head off to the life of blissful relaxation enshrined in minds of many. This fact is becoming painfully apparent among Baby
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Dire jeremiads about America’s looming retirement crisis are so common that it seems retirementcrisis is one word. The doom-and-gloom narrative goes something like this: Spendthrift Americans aren’t saving enough, so their living standards will plunge in retirement, and Social Security will buckle from the financial strain of too few workers supporting too many retirees. Dark
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Searching for decent retirement income in a world of super-low to negative interest rates has become a real challenge. With central banks the world over – including the newly flip-flopping Fed – signaling renewed monetary softness and an extended period of surreally low rates, a good return is hard to find. Gosh, these days even
There are really only a few good financial reasons to start Social Security retirement benefits at age 62, the earliest possible age with the lowest monthly benefit, or soon thereafter. Here are a few situations that might call for starting these benefits early: If you’re truly financially strapped and have no reasonable alternative to make