Preparing for retirement is an important goal of personal finance. Accordingly we offer a number of posts on the following topics.
The important of using retirement calculators.
Things to consider when transitioning into retirement.
Whether to fund your retirement or your kids education.
Other topics include:
The importance of maximizing your current contributions to retirement accounts while in your wealth building years. Adriana Berg weighs in on this as do we.
Here is some info on what to do after you’ve maxed out your ability to contribute to retirement accounts.
In terms of managing the processes of putting away funds for your golden years, you often find the processes goes quicker than you think. Also, putting money into retirement vehicles like a 401k or Roth IRA means your real return is much higher than in taxable accounts. In terms of planning you can get your social security due here.
If you are interested in more, Ben Stein has a three part series of videos here, here and here.
Best,
James
