Archive for the 'Retirement' Category


How to Track Your Roth IRA Contributions… and Why You Need To!

When I came up with the Unconventional Roth IRA Strategy to Lower Tax Bill I realized that to be successful I needed to track my Roth IRA money more closely. Once I dug a little deeper, I found that even if you are using the Roth IRA in a more traditional way, you still need [...]


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Leaving the Workforce at 29: Where Do I Go From Here?

I focused on early retirement my whole adult life. Whether it was hanging out at the Early Retirement Forums the Retire Early Home Page, the old Motley Fool Retire Early forum or the Vanguard Diehards Forum, contributing crazy amounts to our retirement plan, managing our asset allocation, or creating retirement checklists, I always had one [...]


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Two Weeks to Retire: The Results

I poured over spreadsheets the last couple weeks trying to decide if I could pull off the retirement. My company gave us two weeks notice before our pension plan would drop significantly.
Obsessing Over the Decision
It was funny, even though I kept looking at the numbers, they didn’t change! As Mike from Quest for [...]


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Be Prepared to Retire in Two Weeks!

There’s a basic formula for determining when you can retire: when the withdrawals on your retirement nest egg will cover your expenses. Simple right? But what if your company wanted you to make a retirement decision, and gave you two weeks to decide?
Unfortunately, that’s a situation that we’re currently facing. Our company announced a [...]


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Retirement Planning Checklist: 43 Tasks to Get You Ready!

Happy retirement paperwork filing day, mom! My mom is turning in her paperwork today to retire later this summer. I made her a checklist of all the things she needs to do before the big day.
I expanded the list here to include planning for those of you nearing retirement (or wishing you were!). Many [...]


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