The rising debt poses risks. For example, it could leave the federal government with less spending power in a downturn. But it also could have some positive implications for your personal finances.
Morgan Housel always is a font of has wise words on investing. In this interview he talks about some of the biggest mistakes and misconceptions that plague investors year after year – and what can be done about them.
Your pension plan benefits may not be as ironclad as you think. Here is a good article that discusses the various types of pensions and the ways they can be impacted.
With various rules surrounding IRA’s it’s always important to measure twice/cut once. Here is a good article on the good, the bad, and the ugly when rolling over from a Roth 401(k) to a Roth IRA.
A good reminder on the virtue of staying invested; the risks in timing; and how $10,000 invested in the S&P 500 index, for the 20-year period of 1999 through 2018, would have performed under various scenarios.
A slow moving crisis is approaching Social Security threatening to undermine a pillar in the retirement for millions of Americans. A good article on the issues and possible remedies.
There are a host of blindly accepted notions about a proper retirement strategy. One size certainly does not fit all and circumstances always vary. One common assumption is the 4% withdraw assumption. This is a a good piece reviewing that assumption.
