At a time when household income is generally rising as individuals enter their prime professional years, the demands on that income can often make 40 or 50 year-olds feel more strapped and stressed than when they were just starting out....
Retirement is not something that you should stumble into without a plan. In fact, in my opinion, the earlier you start to plan the more secure your retirement. Furthermore, the closer your target retirement date comes, the more refined your plan should get....
Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies (TCRS) published its annual research study on women and retirement. For more than a decade TCRS has published research showing that women are at greater risk of not achieving a financially secure retirement compared to men....
Hopefully, by the time you retire, you will have saved a sufficient amount of money to be able to live comfortably and do the things you want to do. But beyond financial security, it's important to remember that there's a lot more to enjoying a happy retirement than simply saving enough money....