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Larry Haywood asked:


Investing in the stock market can be an unbelievable way to develop wealth. Even so, there are many folks out there who refrain from investing in the stock market because they believe it’s too dangerous. And you know what? To a certain extent, they’re right. The stock market can be one of the most effective ways to build riches, but only if it is done right. You should be smart and strategic in the way you pick out your stocks. You likewise need to take the time to study the most favourable ways of investing your cash. Here are a few tips to help you along:

Affordability. This is in all likelihood among the most significant tips for an individual who’s looking to invest in the stock market to develop money. You should only invest cash that you can afford to invest. If you’re going to have difficulty paying off your mortgage or your car loan, then do not invest in the stock market. That is not wealth creation. You should always be comfy about the amount you’ve invested.

Earning estimates. You should always be on the watch for stocks whose earnings estimates have newly been altered upward. This is commonly an indication of competent management and it hints that the stock has underlying value. Once a company’s management consistently commits to raising the value of its stock, the attempt will be reflected in the share monetary value. You need to be vigilant to any announcements for buyback programs. This is often a sign that the management of a company believes its stock to be underpriced. If a experienced insider feels that there is additional value in a stock than is presently reflected in the market, then perhaps it would not be a terrible idea for you to take a better look.

Cash flow. It’s relatively painless to get your mitts on the latest cash flow figures for publicly traded companies. An increase in the cash flow of a company is normally an indication that the correct fundamentals are in place. Not only that, a company with a strong cash flow is able to add to the dividends it pays out and could grow without being forced to take on too much debt. All great things for a stock investor.

Stockholders. When choosing the stocks you would like to invest in, always have a look at the types of investors who are presently holding the outstanding shares. Broadly speaking, institutional investors give a greater level of stability to a stock if no more negative news hits the market. Then again, if a large institutional investor chooses to dump the stock, the price may drop by a significant percentage.

Mutual funds. It is very tough to anticipate which stocks are going to go upwards and which are going to go downwards. So, it may be advisable to spread out the risk of losing by investing into mutual funds. Mutual funds are wide-ranging portfolios that invest in a lot of different types of individual stocks and they also permit you to purchase smaller, but regular quantities of stock each month.

Long-term outlook. Whenever you seriously would like to construct wealth in the stock market, you need to think of it as a long term investment. Ideally, you ought to have an outlook of at least five to ten years. A one-year outlook doesn’t correspond with a wealth-building strategy. Even the best investment consultants have a hard time predicting with accuracy what the better performing stocks will be in a year. You need to allow for a certain amount of volatility in your portfolio and stay cool. Whenever you’re fretting about your investment day in and day out, you have probably invested too much.

Each investor’s own preferences, tastes, and risk tolerance will be different. There truly is no blueprint for producing wealth through the stock market as each person’s investment strategies will depend upon an investor’s personal conditions. Nonetheless, standing by to these suggestions will surely help to do away with some of the risk that is involved.

zanyanna Williams asked:


Wealth Investing and Retirement Wishes

As the future of social security is no longer certain, we must live as if to assume that it will not be there for us when we retire. I know that that may sound overly pessimistic to some, but even if social security is there for us when we retire there is no guarantee that it will be enough to suffice our financial needs. Let’s face it, the cost of living is increasing every year; and within some industries the effects of inflation have become quite dramatic in just a short period of time! Just take a look at gasoline prices!

Therefore, it is necessary for us to educate ourselves on how to invest our money so that we can safeguard ourselves from a future of financial ruin and poverty. Thus through wealth investing we can pave the way for a future that will at least offer us more surety than social security!

What is Wealth Investing?

The easy answer to this question is, wealth investing is simply something that happens when a person uses money as a means to incur financial gains. It could involve investing in stocks, investing in property, starting up your own small business, etc… Whatever you can invest money in that has the potential to incur monetary gains is wealth investing.

But there is more to wealth investing than what most people realize…

Investing in Your Retirement Wishes

To invest in your future is to invest in your livelihood. Many people are now hurting as a result of not having invested their money as they should have during their earlier years of life. They never took the time to learn their lessons about investing. As a result of this they are not where they really want to be, and their retirement wishes have paled away into the darkness of despair.

Many are now suffering from chronic pain as their body continues to degenerate because they are overtaxing it by working it so hard. They would like to retire, but can’t because they won’t make enough to pay their bills. So they are forced to continue to work beyond their retirement years for lack of wealth investing. Don’t let this happen to you! Learn your lessons about investing now and make a way for your retirement wishes to unfold before your eyes. In other words, invest your money wisely now and you’ll come out strong in the end. You won’t have to worry about paying your bills or making ends meet, so to speak, because you’ll have all of the money that you need to take care of your expenses and enough left over to enjoy your retirement years!

Investing to Attain the Things that you Desire

Wealth Investing isn’t just about trying protect yourself from an uncertain future. It’s also about putting yourself in a secure position to get what you ‘need’ and still have enough left over to enjoy what you ‘want’! In other words, wealth investing could help you get that nice house in the country that you want to retire in without having to continue to make payments on long after you have retired. It could help you put your children through college, and even enable you to enjoy some of the finer things in life such as a nice vacation cruise, or spending the weekend at a beautiful resort. Learning how to invest your money wisely can do this for you and so much more!

The End Result of Wealth Investing

Let’s not miss the most important issue here. Wealth Investing is not so much about wealth building as it is about ‘free living’. In other words, it’s not so much about getting what you ‘want’ as it is about becoming less stressed out over not being able to afford what you ‘need’. Thus wealth investing is really about investing in your security.

It’s obvious that your future is important to you. You wouldn’t be reading this if you thought otherwise. So you’re taking the right step in learning as much of what is needed to succeed in life through wealth investing. Continue to stay on track. Learn more and more about investing every day. Study it as if your future depended on it; but don’t let it consume your zest for life. Discover the fine balance in it, and live your life to the fullest by investing both your time and money in what matters most in life–your happiness!

Robert Zangrilli asked:


The primary purpose of good credit is to save you money by helping you procure lower interest rates that otherwise wouldn’t be available to you. Interestingly, some consumers fail to recognize this fact when considering the appropriate option for debt resolution. The main reason for this is a lot of people interpret their credit on an emotional level instead of a rational one. That is, they think of their credit score as something more than it is—something more than just ONE tool that lenders look at to determine whether giving you a loan will be profitable for them—and it becomes a matter of pride, not a matter of financial health. In the end, the mistake of thinking about one’s credit on an emotional level instead of a rational one can cost a consumer buried in credit card debt and only able to afford minimum payments thousands of dollars in finance charges and even more in the years of life consumed by financial anxiety.

Another part of the problem is that most people, even when trying to tackle the issue rationally, do not understand what makes up their credit score. The largest components of your credit score—your credit history and the amount you owe—are both influenced by debt settlement, one negatively (credit history) and one positively (the amount you owe). Although your credit history is marginally more important than the amount you owe when factoring your score, the difference (5%) is rarely enough to compensate for the savings from enrolling credit card debt into a settlement program. The more money you’re able to save from enrolling in a debt settlement program, the less the credit impact should be considered a factor. Why? Because any higher interest rates that you’ll end up paying down the road as a result of the credit impact will rarely outweigh the money you saved by settling credit card debt. So who in the end benefits the most from a settlement program—-1) people who owe a lot; 2) people who can only afford to pay the minimums; 3) people who are paying high interest; and 4) all of the above. To illustrate this point, consider the following examples.

Let’s assume that you owe $30,000 in credit card debt. Your average annual percentage rate on these cards is 19 percent, and you are only able to afford the minimum monthly payment, which in your case adds up to $750 total. Given this scenario, it would take you approximately 12 years and $108,000 before finally you dug out of debt. In a debt settlement program, however, it would take approximately 3 years and $16,500 total to eliminate your debt. That’s a $91,500 difference versus making the minimum payments. Rarely will your subsequent higher interest rates ever make up the savings from debt settlement, especially when you consider the fact that you can always refinance any loans once you’ve built up enough equity.

One of the most frustrating things to come across in our industry is a consumer who owes a lot and is only able to afford the minimums, but was still unwilling to sacrifice their credit even in the slightest bit in order to climb out of debt and save money. I recently dealt with a consumer from the South Side of Chicago who was $40,000 in the hole with credit cards. His interest rates were at 29 percent and he was only able to afford the minimum payments, which amounted to $1700 total in his case. When he tried to convince the creditors to lower the rates, they simply told him that based on the amount of outstanding debt on his credit report he was too much a credit risk, so they needed to charge him higher interest. When he tried to obtain a home equity loan, he was turned down for the same reason, even though his credit score was in the high 600s. Yet when I mentioned that our debt settlement program might impact his credit negatively, he scoffed. There was no way he would ever affect his credit negatively. At the end of our conversation, I tried to referring him to our affiliate credit counseling company, but he wasn’t interested because enrollment in a debt management plan would appear on his credit. His decision to stay on course with the minimum payments will ultimately cost him over $20,000 a year and probably his young children the opportunity to attend a 4 year college, maybe more.

By failing to be realistic and rational in his approach to the impact of debt settlement on his credit, this consumer worsened his financial situation significantly. He thought of his credit score not as something that can save him money by getting him lower interest rates on loans, but rather as some sort of social marker on where he was at in life. He considered the idea of a negatively affected credit score probably much like someone in the Middle Ages thought about the idea of being excommunicated or the way a 14 year old feels about not being part of the “in crowd” at school.

When considering your debt resolution options, I urge you to look at the options available to you realistically. When comparing debt settlement to the other options available to most consumers I find myself famous Winston Churchill quote on democracy:

Debt settlement is the worst form of debt resolution, except for all the rest of them.

Ernie Zelinski asked:


So what’s your retirement plan look like? If you are like most people contemplating retirement, you may have given some thought to the financial aspects of retirement planning but absolutely no consideration to the personal aspects.

In the course of a lifetime people pick up the knowledge and skills to build careers, raise their families, and accumulate material possessions. But not much of that prepares them for life in retirement. How do they handle leisure time? How do they keep their minds in tiptop shape? How do they adjust to a life without structure and purpose?

According to a survey conducted by AIG SunAmerica, the people most likely to enjoy retirement are those who have made retirement plans. Put another way, your magical retirement plan is to have a retirement plan. This is borne out by the fact that 78 percent of people who prepare for retirement both financially and psychologically view it as “a whole new life” or a “continuation of life as it was.”

Clearly, a life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement. If you are still in the workforce and contemplating retirement, you should be thinking long and hard about the retirement plans you should be making. This entails contemplating the problems that may arise when you no longer have the routine, structure, and purpose of working life to rely on.

It’s important to spend many pre-retirement days on your retirement plan and thinking about what you want to do when you walk out of your workplace for the last time. All too often, people put off things too long. If you don’t learn how to live happily before you retire, it’s very difficult to teach you how to live happily afterwards.

When happy and successful retirees are asked what advice they would offer to a person just entering retirement, most will respond with a variation of: When it comes to retirement planning, spend as much or considerably more time thinking about how you will utilize your days and months as you do contemplating your finances.

As one retiree told a newspaper reporter, “Retirement could well represent 25 percent or more of your whole life. Why leave it to chance? A retirement plan is key.”

Although virtually everyone needs a modest amount of money for essentials and a few luxuries from time to time, people who spend all their time and energy on building a huge nest egg often forget how to live happily in their working lives. They compromise their health, they neglect their friends, and they don’t develop interests outside of work.

Once they retire they realize that no amount of money can buy excellent health, great friends, or the ability to enjoy leisure activities. Sadly, they wind up even less happy in retirement than they were in their working lives.

We all know that we have to prepare financially. But we have to prepare psychologically and socially as well. Ironically, too much emphasis on saving for retirement can make us forget what it takes to enjoy retirement. Being satisfied with life as a whole in your working life is your best way to prepare for retirement.

The following activities will help you to enjoy your work life and prepare you for retirement at the same time:



Retirement Planning Tips

Establish a good work/life balance many years before you retire and zealously maintain it. Refrain from working on weekends. Maintain optimum health while you are working. Be open to learning new things at work and in your personal life. Read Barbara Sher’s It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life After 40. Have a major life purpose other than your work so that you have a purpose when you take early retirement. Develop close friendships removed from your workplace. Maintain i.e. don’t neglect your true friends so that they are still around when you retire. Learn how to handle freedom. A good way is to become self-employed for at least a year or two before retirement. Accept that money will buy style and comfort, but it won’t buy you happiness. Spend a lot of time alone while learning how to enjoy solitude. Indulge in regular strenuous exercise so that you will be physically fit and able to enjoy retirement activities. Take all your paid vacation time so that you learn how to be more leisurely. Travel a lot. People who don’t get to enjoy travel before retirement seldom develop a liking for it after retirement. Don’t allow your identity to be tied to your job. Find many ways to connect with the world. Take an unexpected day off work, and ensure that you loaf it all away to experience what it’s like to be a member of the leisure class. Take a pre-retirement course that deals with the personal issues and not only the financial issues.

Above all, don’t put off being happy until you retire. People who have tried this realize that they have waited too long. The ability to be happy before you retire regardless of your financial circumstances is the key to having a happy retirement.

In short, your magical retirement plan is to have a retirement plan, which entails living a well-balanced life while you are still in the workplace.



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Lorna Goldsborough asked:


no reason why a woman cannot plan for her retirement on her own. It is sometimes thought of that a man has to plan for this big time in their life, however this is not the case. If a woman is working she should be planning for her retirement regardless if her husband has done it or not. Women have to be responsible for their own future as well.

Women retirement planning is going to be about the same as men planning for retiring. You have to think about your future and what you want to accomplish when you are ready to stop working and start enjoying life a little more. You need to think about this because this is going to be the money that you rely on to get you where you where you want to be when retirement is in your future whether it is a few years away or twenty years down the road. You have to start planning so that you are ready and prepared with no worries for when the day finally comes.

Many think that they have plenty of time to think about retirement. However this is not the case. It is never too early to start planning for your future when you are a women-planning retirement. If you are married or not, you still have to be ready for this time. You need to know that you are secure and that you have taken the right steps to prepare yourself and the rest of your family for what is going to lie ahead of you down the road. You will feel much more comfortable knowing that you have taken the time to plan this milestone out in your life.

Women retirement planning is going to be the same as anyone else. You should seek help from a financial planner so that you are ready and able to retire when the time comes. These organizations will help you figure out what you are going to need to have for retirement and how to invest the money properly so that you are secure. You will want to think about looking at a retirement planning guide so that you are able to get ready on your own and have the right knowledge for everything that you will have to have so that you can retire in comfort.

Do not wait anymore. If you think that you are not going to have to take chare of this because you are a woman, you are wrong. You need to take the time to think about your retirement and what you have to do to get ready for it all. The only way that you can plan for a safe and secure future is if you take it into your own hands now and make things happen so that you have the money to go and do whatever you want when you are ready to retire and enjoy the rest of your life.

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G. White asked:


Offering tips for retirement planning can open up a touchy subject. While some couples have been preparing for retirement their entire adult lives, others have barely thought about it. Neither end of this preparation spectrum is unusual, but it is clear that the former mind set will leave you feeling much more comfortable with your future. When it comes to planning retirement, a few tips might be just what you need to get a jump start. You might be working hard now, but that only means that you’ll appreciate retirement all the more.

Beginning With Baby Steps

Following tips and advice for retirement planning does not mean that you have to sit down and draw up an extensive financial plan. Nobody expects you to be nearly this prepared! However, there are a few baby steps that you can take to make your future brighter. With each retirement planning tip you follow, you will see your future growing brighter and brighter.

The first step to retirement planning is making a few predictions. Nobody expects you to give an exact date of retirement, but it can be helpful to have a goal or an idea in your head. Having this target date will only make you work harder toward your goal. Next, estimate how much more money you will need to accumulate by this date. There are several on line tools that make this very easy.

The next tip for retirement planning is to investigate your options. You should be aware of what your basic Social Security benefits are-if you’re not, you can easily find out by examining the Social Security statement that arrives around the time of your birthday.

Also, check with your boss to see if a retirement plan is offered through your place of employment; if not, ask about how you might start one. Talk with your tax adviser about IRA options, and seek general advice from a professional financial planner. The more information you know and the more questions you ask, the more prepared you will be for retirement.

Keep Your Common Sense

Much of retirement planning involves common sense, not tips and guidelines. For example, as you grow older, try to leave your savings alone for the most part. Try keeping a long term savings account for retirement only, and a separate short term savings account for emergencies. You will be sure to appreciate this money upon retirement.

Another piece of advice is to not fall for investment scams. These ploys for money get people every time-but they don’t have to get you. Use your common sense when looking into any type of investment, and if you have suspicions, then you can always contact your Better Business Bureau or Secretary of State.

Changing Locations

Another tip for planning your retirement is to consider what your future living situation might be. Many retired elderly couples wait until they can no longer go up and down the stairs of their homes before they decide to move into a more manageable home. If you plan this move before hand, you will be sure to have more options, and perhaps even make a profit ff of your current house!

Investigating the cost of living in various cities and retirement communities can also prove to be beneficial during retirement planning. It might even be another way for you to save money. If you consider your living situation when you still have control of it, you will have many more options available to you.

Ready To Retire!

Planning for your retirement might seem very intimidating, but taking the time to think about it now will ensure that you are better off in the long run. A few baby steps in the right direction won’t hurt you-only ensure that your retirement will be all the better!



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Steve Dahl asked:


It’s never too early and never too late. Here are a few retirement myths to start busting right now! Retirement planning myth articles might not be at the top of your weekend reading list but this one will take you less than three minutes to read and it could save you a lot of financial pain later.

Six Retirement Planning Myths

Myth #1. When I retire I won’t need as much to live on.

Hogwash! How do you know what the cost of living is going to be? Sure the kids are off on their own and the house might be paid off but medical bills and cost of living are unpredictable. You should be able to live on less but why would you want to?

Myth #2. I’m a young pup and retirement is far, far away!

Get real dude, time flies when you’re having fun and burning mun. Of course it’s much easier to save a measly $29 a week at 34 than it is to save a whopping $240 at 54! That’s about what it’s going to take to have $200k in the old nest egg at 65. So there you have it. You can do it the hard we or the easy way. You decide oh youthful one!

Myth #3. My adorable children will take care of me.

Whoa! Haven’t you been watching TV? Your kids are more likely to move back in with you than they are to take care of you! Think back a bit… didn’t you preach to your kids about personal responsibility and good old independence? Keep your kids in your life but keep them out of your retirement planning.

Myth #4. I’m counting on social security to save my bacon!

Yeah, that will be the day when pigs fly. Uncle Sam hasn’t figured out if there will even be any social security in another decade or two. If you want to hold onto a weak retirement strategy then just count on Uncle Sam to be there with that retirement check when you need it. You are better off counting on your own discipline and resourcefulness. You can start drawing social security at 62 but depending on your age, you might be better off to consider that as a bonus than a sure thing.

Myth #5. I don’t have enough money to save or invest for retirement.

That might be true but then… maybe not. Take a hard look at where your money is going. Have you maximized your contributions to your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plans? Have you considered leveraging your home equity or other under-performing assets into safe and secure investments? Have you scrutinized your spending habits? Do you really need that satellite dish and 500 channels of mind numbing video? Do you really need the newest and shiniest shoes and chicest Chevy’s? Even if you can only save a small amount each week, start now. Be consistent and automatic with savings and investing. You might never feel like it’s enough but that is no reason to not to start.

Myth #6. I can’t afford a financial planner.

Many financial planners are compensated by the companies they represent and therefore charge nothing to you unless you do business with them. Others charge for their time on an hourly or fee-based schedule. Find someone you trust and get references. Take your time, go slow and do a little homework. Retirement planning is all about the future but it needs to start today.



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Steve Dahl asked:


many ways to catch up on your retirement but we’ve condensed it down to nine really good action steps you can take right now to get back on track. That bank CD isn’t a strategy but it could be a part of your plan. Learn more.

1. GET A PLAN, STAN! - An estate plan. A financial plan. Yup, it’s a cold fact. Any plan is better than no plan. A high paying bank CD might be a reasonable part of your retirement plan, if in fact, you have a plan. Without a plan you abdicate your planning opportunity to your favorite uncle… Uncle Sam. Take action this week. Read a good financial book to establish a basic retirement plan on your own or hire a financial planner or retirement specialist to get you on track. When you put together your own financial plan and/or estate you control what happens to your assets and your loved ones. Start with a will, get a living trust, consider setting up a trust if you have assets, or make a phone call to interview a retirement specialist or financial planner. The key word here is START!

2. KICK SOME ASSETS - If you had employees that just sat around all day you would kick some **** and put them back to work, right? Same reasoning here. Don’t call your bank CD your retirement plan. Bank CDs may be a fairly safe place for money in the short run but it is normally taxed every year as ordinary income and you don’t earn much. Take a close look at all of your assets and consider how they can be leveraged and protected for your long-term financial well being. Your home, your mutual funds, your bank CDs are all assets that you can help make retirement more enjoyable but by themselves, unattached to a solid plan, are not going to give you the peace of mind you hope comes with retirement.

Do not ignore the assets in your employer’s 401 (k) or similar investment/retirement program. Employers might be doing a great job of managing your retirement account or they might be blowing it big time. Do the homework, get second opinions, but don’t just take a wild guess and check one of your three options and forget about it.

Your employer most likely is pleased to share the details behind the investments they are making in your name. Maximize any matching opportunity they offer. Never forget that it’s your money in that account.

3. GET THE FACTS ON THE TAX - Use tax-efficient instruments! Don’t pay taxes when you don’t have to. Uncle Sam gives you plenty of options to reduce your taxes. Remember, reduce your taxes, increase your income! Although it may seem overwhelming finding tax deferred or tax-free investment opportunities, financial products with tax benefits make a huge difference in the long-term viability of your retirement portfolio. Being a great saver doesn’t cut it. Your basic savings account is going backwards compared to what you need for your retirement years. Would you rather take home 76 cents of every buck you sweat and toil to earn or would you rather take home 90 cents of every buck? Taking a second job is likely not as good of an idea as just reducing your taxes. Bank CDs are good examples of how Americans take the easy way out. There is nothing wrong with a bank CD but in most cases, they just don’t give you many tax benefits.

4. THE LONG-TERM CARE SCARE - If at all possible, protect your assets by purchasing a long-term care insurance policy. If the cost scares you then just compare it to the cost of robbing your savings or investments to pay for long-term care. There are two primary benefits to most long-term care policies. First, the care itself and, equally important is the fact that long-term care insurance may allow you to leave your investments alone so that they can keep working for you.

5. BECOME A DAY TRADER - NOT! - Late-night infomercials on television are pushing weekend seminars, books, and CDs that brag up how easy it is to make money by learning to be day traders, playing with futures, or gambling in currency markets. This is a great way to make a ton of money without lifting a finger… provided you’re the one running that obnoxious infomercial. If you have a serious interest in professional investing and the time to learn, then go for it. It’s not likely you’ll be an overnight success in the world of investing. Nobody is, overnight that is. Save your money. Don’t call that 800 number but discipline your life to fund consistent, methodical investment programs in financial instruments that you understand.

6. BECOME A CONVERT - Convert under-producing assets into higher producing assets. Equity in your home, low paying bank CDs, bare land that isn’t rented, are all under-producing assets that could be leveraged into higher-return investments. Don’t assume that having a long list of assets means you have a long-term financial plan. Even rental properties may be under-producing assets. Converting under-producing assets takes a more sophisticated assessment but it is definitely worth investigating. If you already have the asset, make sure it’s working as hard as it can. See a retirement planning specialist.

7. DON’T BE REVERSE AVERSE! - Consider a reverse mortgage but do so carefully. This doesn’t work for everyone but it can be a helpful tool in creating income during retirement. A reverse mortgage can provide income for life but it’s all based on your age and the equity in the home. There can be very high costs associated with the way some lenders do reverse mortgages so do your homework before you sign up for this one. It’s very difficult to reverse a reverse mortgage commitment so make sure you are working with a reputable broker and committed to staying in that home.

8. LEVERAGE THE LIFE YOU HAVE - Taxes are a part of life so why not make life a part of taxes? We’re talking life insurance here folks. Having a policy that is going to protect your loved ones once you die is important but there are other ways you can use life insurance as a tool to protect your assets and income. It’s perfectly fine to talk with your life insurance agent about her ideas on this but get a second opinion and professional guidance from your accountant or retirement planning expert. If you’ve put off getting life insurance, premium financing (borrowing money to finance the cost of your insurance premiums) can open some very interesting financial opportunities. This will require direction from financial experts.

9. START POUNDING COMPOUNDING INTO YOUR HEAD - Every minute works to your advantage with compounding interest. Interest you earn this year is added to your principle and then you begin earning more interest on that interest. Well, you get the picture.

Even the most basic investment plan can be better than none if it allows for the proven benefit of compounding interest. The magical ingredient of compounding interest is time. Whooaaa! There goes another two minutes and another two bucks? Never forget this! The absolute next best thing to starting saving and investing when you are young is starting now!



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Cindy Heller asked:


Have you ever thought how a retirement planning calculator could help you? Many people are not aware of the existence of such calculator. It is a good tool that you can use to plan for your retirement. In this article, we are going to see how you can use it effectively.

For example, when you get your salary, you are given some information about it, and deductions, too. Part of the deductions are for your future. It is extremely important for workers to begin with the retirement plans as soon as they start their careers. They do not realize that they would be much more comfortable in the future if they would plan everything as early as possible. A retirement planning calculator becomes a great help for someone who is planning for retirement. It includes information about the worker’s age, years to work before retiring, and the present savings. It may also be necessary for the worker to provide data about the money he spends to live, or if he owns his house.

The person using the retirement calculator will be able to fill in this information into each field, in order to get a calculation of the funds the retiree will have after retirement. The idea of enjoying you work does not necessarily mean that you cannot dream about retirement. Things like being able to stay in bed as late as you want, or staying comfortably at home instead of putting up with traffic jams are some of the most attractive ideas about retirement. However, many of them do not figure out how they will make a living after they leave their jobs.

Do Not Worry, It Is Easy To Use

If workers really want to know how they will live their retirement life, then they should use a retirement planning calculator. It will yield important information and guide them to plan appropriately for their retirements. Additionally, the users will be able to know the funds they can plan, taking into account the steps they have already taken.

If you do not know where to get a retirement planning calculator, you can visit any organization for older people’s websites, banks, and some individual companies have them, too. It is very important for people to get a calculator in order to plan for their future retirement, which is extremely important. The earliest you start planning, the better off you will be in the future. Please, consider the calculators because they can be of great help.



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MIKE SELVON asked:


CIBC estimates that approximately $1.2 trillion in Canadian business assets alone will change hands by 2010 as more baby boomers anticipate retirement. Imagine what that means for American businesses!

Business owners not only have to worry about their own retirement planning, but will also need an exit

strategy and a long-term plan for their employees. The same study found that 60% of small business owners haven’t even begun to discuss their retirement plans yet.

Don’t leave yourself struggling to pay bills or your employees hanging high and dry. Develop a responsible plan for building business after you’ve retired and explore your options today.

Social security and pension plans should be the baseboard for your retirement planning, but you’ll have to think more creatively to continue making money once you’ve left your business.

Many owners, while simultaneously building business, choose real estate investment properties or further their stock and mutual fund investments.

In addition to expanding your business, you should be retirement planning and considering an exit or succession strategy. Recruiting the services of a financial planner can be an invaluable asset.

For many retirees, 31% of their business retirement plan will come from the sale of their business. An additional 28% will come from a registered government savings plan, such as an IRA or 401k, and 25% from stock market investments. The smallest income will be the 16% from social security or pension funds.

Should you offer employee retirement planning? While building business, it’s a good idea to share some of the company profits with hard-working employees. Generally a company with an employee retirement plan will have better productivity, stock purchases, employee retention and a more secure future.

For starters, you may want to consider a Simplified Employer Pension IRA. You will make contributions to a general fund, using up to 15% of employee income, in the employee’s name which they will receive when they retire or decide to dip into the fund.

You can decide what percentage of the company’s profits you’ll distribute among employees and you’ll enjoy easy administration, no additional IRS reporting, tax kickbacks and a better rapport with your employees.

One in five small businesses now offers an employee retirement plan, so don’t hesitate to look into a SEP-IRA or 401k plan when building business.

While it may seem like a daunting task to cover the retirement planning of yourself and your employees while building business, a simple trip to Fidelity Financial or a financial planner could get you on the right track.

By learning more about your investment options and developing an exit strategy, you can ensure that your golden years will truly be the best.



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