Articles: Retirement

The Benefits of Financial Freedom
To be totally free in your financial affairs, you need an environment that permits you to work toward any financial ...
Making Wise Investment Choices for Your 401(k) Plan
A 401(k) plan provides you with the option to allocate your money to the investments you want or to allow ...
Understanding Social Security Benefits
Retirement means different things to different people. 70% of American’s will retire by age 66, and each one of those ...
Caring for elderly parents and disabled individuals
Preparing for the retirement years means different things to different people. Some folks see themselves using their newly gained free ...
The Upcoming Election and Your Finances
Election season is now upon us and the debates are ramping up. As each new presidency changes hands so do ...
Unexpected Occurrences: Protecting your loved ones, assets, and finances
Death is not only a scary topic that’s difficult to discuss; it is entirely unpredictable. With no way of knowing ...
Retirement Finances
Finances can change virtually every goal you make when planning your retirement. Financial problems are always a challenge to overcome, ...
Prepare your retirement living arrangements
Lifestyle and Housing  Think about what’s important to you? Are you a social person? Do you live alone? Do you ...
Make the most of your Retirement—Time Management
Free time can be one of the greatest benefits of retirement. Spend and use your time wisely now to plan ...
Retirement Myths
Myth No. 1: Hold on to your job as long as you can!  Retirement doesn’t necessarily need to be delayed ...
Are You Ready to Retire?
Take this test from AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) and find out. To make this as helpful as possible, ...
Create Your Own Retirement Plan
Health and Fitness Being healthy is an important part of any successful and fulfilling lifestyle. Keeping yourself mentally, emotionally, and ...
The Importance of Planning for Retirement
What’s the Big Mystery? Retirement is no mystery, even though it may seem elusive or even out of reach. Since ...
An Introduction to Long-Term Care
All of us hope to be able to work productively at a meaningful job throughout our working lives and then ...
Creating a Trust
As explained by the Oregon State Bar, in simple terms a trust is a relationship in which a person, called ...
What Is Estate Planning?
First off, what is estate planning? In a nutshell it's the process by which an individual or family arranges the ...
Why Buy Life Insurance?
Life insurance. Bah. Who needs it? Well, that's a good question—one that we each ask ourselves at some point along ...
Borrowing from a Retirement Fund
Billy Jones borrowed $10,000 from his 401(k), cutting his retirement savings in half. He felt like he had no other ...
When Grandparents Raise Grandchildren
Most grandparents treasure time spent with their children and often jokingly remark about the enjoyment of having fun then sending ...
Protect Your 401(k) Money
Don’t panic if you’re still making deposits in your 401(k) account but you’re seeing the numbers dwindling instead of growing ...