From the time she was a little girl growing up in Virginia, Veronica McCain always wanted to live at the ocean shore. She dreamed as a young girl how wonderful it would be to live at the beach. Her family took vacations along the Virginia coastline. As she became an adult and built her career, her retirement dreams included a place at the beach. Lo and behold, as Veronica … [Read more...] about Retirement Dreams Can Come True and So Much More
Social Security is NOT Going Bankrupt (Again)
Around noon on Friday, March 30th, I was giving a presentation for the Financial Planning Association of New England. It was on one of my favorite topics: Social Security. The first question I asked the audience was “When is Social Security going bankrupt?” Most people said around 2034. That’s what pretty much everyone thinks. The problem is that’s not the answer. Social … [Read more...] about Social Security is NOT Going Bankrupt (Again)
Women and Money: The Decade that Changed It All
The 1990s ushered in 4 new laws that finally broke through the financial logjam Many women today are hesitant to roll up their sleeves and dig deep into money, investing, and financial planning. In large part, it’s because women have so little time to dive in. And it’s so often that they don’t know where to start. The financial system is wildly complicated today. One … [Read more...] about Women and Money: The Decade that Changed It All
Cookin’ Up Your Retirement Plan
Introducing my latest book – a big departure from the usual financial view of retirement For years I’ve been walking around with an idea in my head. Well, maybe more than one idea. But a particular one kept coming back. It was nagging at me. I wanted to make getting ready to retire more fun and fanciful using a familiar format: a cookbook. The financial and retirement … [Read more...] about Cookin’ Up Your Retirement Plan
“It’s My Time to Retire!”
“And I’m going to love it!” You know it’s going to be a fun interview when your guest starts off with, “It’s 18 days till retirement! Or, it could be more… Or maybe not…” Well, just what does that mean? I asked Kim, a younger baby boomer born in 1959, to further explain. She expanded her comment, “I know it’s my time to retire, but my boss doesn’t yet have a replacement … [Read more...] about “It’s My Time to Retire!”
