Retirement continued

This amazing statistic has not been given enough publicity. If you are counting on a private pension to supplement Social Security, you are skating on thin ice. You must re-think your plans.... keep reading

You must take steps to create an alternative income stream. The pension you count on is like the wind. Consider these case histories. Then ask yourself these six questions.... keep reading

President Bush's failure to get his Social Security proposal passed has killed it, probably forever. Now the grim statistical reality is creeping up on the under-55 set. The government will take care of low-income workers first. The big losers: workers who made high salaries, were taxed highest, and who will get stiffed.... keep reading

For any single person under age 25, here is the opportunity of a lifetime. For a retired person, I see the same, though only for a couple of years: an adventure of a lifetime. Here are the details on how you can actually do this.... keep reading

This is the most forthright warning on the fiscal consequences of the Social Security/Medicare welfare programs that any high-level U.S. government official has issued. This year is the 70th anniversary of the Social Security Act.... keep reading

Here is what "Rich Dad" said about retirement in America. Does it apply to you?... keep reading

With the rising popularity of bankruptcy as a legal way for corporations to shed expensive retirement programs, the retired person needs to keep his options open. Here is a good way to do this.... keep reading

John Mauldin, my former business manager, offers a terrific report on why the pension shortfall will be in the hundreds of billions. He begins with corporate pensions.... keep reading

A last will & testament will put your estate in probate. A revocable trust will keep it out of probate. You can have a lawyer draw up a revocable trust. The point is, once it's in force, you can send him away.... keep reading

Is the FED's concern about the housing bubble reflected by its current monetary policy, and if it is, then what does this say about immediate future of stocks and bonds?... keep reading

Rule #1 is being broken, or has been broken, by almost all Americans. You are probably one of them. Yet officially, the bureaucrats at Social Security tell you not to break it.... keep reading

This investment strategy is considered radical. The conventional wisdom regarding retirement specifically repudiates it as too risky. The conventional wisdom is wrong. Not adopting this strategy is far more risky.... keep reading

Here is a simple, sensible strategy to begin establishing a savings program that will let you retire in comfort if you stick to it.... keep reading

Hardly anyone thinks of the possibility that his child may die before he does. In all societies prior to 1930, sons took care of aged parents. A dead son was a disaster for aged parents. It still can be. Here is a solution.... keep reading

An 80-year-old man has lost his freedom because Manitoba's chief psychiatrist unilaterally determined that the man and his family cannot care for him. The man protested, to no avail. Now the State charges him for its supervision of his life.... keep reading

Mick & Co. are coming out of the retirement they never went into. They are a model for us all. Need an extra $10 million, net, or so? Hit the road! Here, I analyze their marketing strategy. Then I discuss the Grateful Dead's different strategy, which is still working.... keep reading