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		<title>Money Mondays: The truth about saving for the golden years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money Mondays: The truth about saving for the golden years
Many Americans are expected to reach retirement age with a nest egg that may fall short of what they will need to maintain their standard of living.  News10&#8217;s financial expert Katrina Semmes has advice on how to catch up on their savings.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Money Mondays: The truth about saving for the golden years</b><br />
Many Americans are expected to reach retirement age with a nest egg that may fall short of what they will need to maintain their standard of living.  News10&#8217;s financial expert Katrina Semmes has advice on how to catch up on their savings.</p>
<p>Read more on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=87891">News10 Sacramento</a><br/><br/></p>
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		<title>Financial Planning Services: for Golden Wealth Advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone needs a peaceful life where he or she can enjoy life without any financial problem. It is not necessary that if you are making good money then it is sure that you will have a good life because without planning you may loose money in no time. Creation of wealth is easy but its [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone needs a peaceful life where he or she can enjoy life without any financial problem. It is not necessary that if you are making good money then it is sure that you will have a good life because without planning you may loose money in no time. Creation of wealth is easy but its retention needs good knowledge and insight with foresightedness. This is what financial planning services firms provide you. You can seek information regarding different investment and saving issues by using which you can make good use of your money.</p>
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<p>Investment without knowledge is dangerous and you must take good care before investing. Financial market is full of investment options, funds, insurance plans etc. You may get confused by knowing all the options so this is better to hire a <b>financial planning services</b> firm and know what you want. You can ask for a financial plan which suit your budget, preferences and life style. They do this with apt professionalism as they are a bunch of qualified finance professional and chartered accountants who can read the nerve of the market. You can get better advices regarding where you should invest, how much you should invest and for how long.</p>
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<p>You can utilize your money in so many ways like you may wish to save money for your children’s foreign education or for buying a home. You may be planning for your retirement or you might be worried about the transfer of your pension in a new city. Whatever your financial need is, <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.indexam.net/index.php/page_id/89"><b>Financial Planning Services</b></a> provider may provide you help and assistance. It helps in choosing the right financial strategies and plans to create wealth now and preserve wealth for the future. It offers relevant investment options and assists you to make the right financial decisions. If you need wealth creation, they help you to get your money to work for you  and they do it by providing comprehensive and relevant information regarding investments.</p>
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<p>Therefore, check your financial needs and choose genuine financial planning services firm and I am sure that monetary issues would stop giving you stress.</p>
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		<title>How To Protect Your Retirement Savings For Your Golden Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 06:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retirement is a glorious time every working individual looks forward to. It is a time of freedom, rest, and relaxation. It is also a time to do what you did not have time or resources to do when you were working. Many retirees feel younger in retirement than they ever did in their younger years.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Retirement is a glorious time every working individual looks forward to. It is a time of freedom, rest, and relaxation. It is also a time to do what you did not have time or resources to do when you were working. Many retirees feel younger in retirement than they ever did in their younger years.</p>
<p>This satisfaction is well deserved to those who have spent their lives working hard to take care of themselves and their families. However, retirement can be a stressful time if not prepared for properly. It is unfortunate when people have to push back retirement because they realized that they did not have enough saved, and their plan was not unfolding the way they had imagined. In order to prevent a stressful retirement, take action during your working years to cushion your retirement and get the most out of it.</p>
<p>One way to boost your retirement savings is to max out your 401K contributions. While it may hurt your pocket at first, it is the best thing you can do to save for retirement. Since most companies match employee contributions up to a certain percentage, you are essentially getting free money. Once your budget adjusts to the little extra lost each paycheck, you will be grateful that you did it.  </p>
<p>Starting a mutual fund or an IRA can also enhance retirement savings. To save without realizing it, utilize the automatic deposit option where the money comes directly out of your checking account on a scheduled basis so that you do not even miss it. Another way to make this work is to take any additional money in raises, gifts, inheritances, etc. and throw it into the retirement fund. In this way, you will never have seen the money and found inefficient ways to spend it. Once you build up some investments, consult with an advisor to make sure you are getting the most out of them. Sometimes moving things around can really advance your returns. </p>
<p>All of these steps toward better savings come at the expense of immediate gratification. Some may feel cheated because they are not enjoying their raise because they cannot see the long term benefit at the moment. This is where discipline comes in. One must not feel that their happiness is in jeopardy because they are not buying extravagances that others are. Vacations and cars and other expensive indulgences are nice, of course, but being a responsible adult takes precedence. Look past the short term satisfaction and visualize your retirement as the new prime of your life. Travel and other niceties will come in time. If you hold out you will find that the comfort of an well planned retirement brings benefits that far outweigh a little discipline in the short term.</p>
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		<title>Why doesn&#8217;t Congress give up their &#8220;golden parachute&#8221; health/retirement plan to help fix Social Security?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 05:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any member of Congress who serves 5 years or more becomes vested in their health/retirement plan which covers them and their spouse for the rest of their lives. All their health coverage is at 100%. Their retirement is 100% of whatever they were making at the time they retired. For those members who serve only [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Any member of Congress who serves 5 years or more becomes vested in their health/retirement plan which covers them and their spouse for the rest of their lives. All their health coverage is at 100%. Their retirement is 100% of whatever they were making at the time they retired. For those members who serve only four years, there is an option to purchase the fifth year of service. If those people had to live under it like the rest of us, instead of off our backs, there wouldn&#8217;t be a problem with Social Security.</p>
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		<title>Ira Retirement Savings &#8211; Funds For Your Golden Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to IRA retirement savings, you can never have enough. The individual retirement savings account, IRA, can help you save for your future regularly, and hopefully you will have been putting funds away for many years, but we have no idea how long that money has to last you! In some ways, it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to IRA retirement savings, you can never have enough. The individual retirement savings account, IRA, can help you save for your future regularly, and hopefully you will have been putting funds away for many years, but we have no idea how long that money has to last you! In some ways, it would be easier if for instance we knew that i would have to last us until we reach one hundred years old, but we have absolutely know way of knowing for sure. This means that we have a tough time budgeting for this unknown length of time.</p>
<p>Now, because of the tough economy, many people who should have been able to retire have had to postpone doing so, as they have found that they have insufficient funds even for the present never mind the future. Even for those who have been able to grow their IRA accounts, they might still have a tough time making ends meet, since what they thought was plenty of money to live on, really doesn&#8217;t provide for very much at all for their retirement.</p>
<p>There is a very strong message that is sent here, and that is that everyone should try their hardest to get some savings put into an IRA, an individual savings account, regularly, and save as much as possible for as long as possible. Now, I know that this is not always possible, and through no fault of your own. Circumstances change what we thought was a sure thing, the economy changes the number of jobs available, and the number of people applying for those jobs. Because things happen unexpected, things over which we have no control, we just have to do the best we can to make things work out. Unfortunately, that means low or no funds available for retirement, and since it is unlikely that the government is going to be able to help us out sufficiently, it looks like the times are going to be very hard for our seniors.</p>
<p>When it comes to choosing which type of account to put your savings into, there are plenty of choices. Consider each IRA savings account carefully, because they all have pros and cons which will be different depending on your financial situation. Some savings accounts have you deposit funds into them from money that has already been taxed, which means that when you take the funds out in your retirement, you do not have to pay any tax. For other accounts, you are tax exempt now, but you will have to pay the taxes when you withdraw the funds during your retirement. Both of these have their own advantages, but as always, you should chat with your financial adviser to see what is best in your case for your IRAs.</p>
<p>Check with the company you work for, as many companies have their own retirement program that you can deposit into.This used to be seen as a very secure proposition, but since the Enron disaster, people are more wary about using company retirement plans.The good news is that there are plenty of other plans that you can use. For example, you could invest in a Roth IRA, which is a somewhat newer retirement option. This account means that you pay the federal tax up front, so that when you withdraw the funds during your retirement you will not have to pay any federal tax.</p>
<p>Now, the most important thing of all is for you to have an IRA account, and that you make deposits to it regularly. You can greatly influence the standard of life you have in retirement by the amount of funds you put aside for there years. However, anything you can manage to save is much better than nothing when it comes to your IRA retirement savings. We can not depend on their being sufficient funds in the social security to be able to pay us a reasonable amount to live on, nor can we depend on there being a nice healthy inheritance form our relatives. In these days of economic uncertainty, there is no guarantee that social services will be able to provide us with a decent standard of living during our retirement, so we need to make sure the funds are there, by putting them aside ourselves. Remember that other people are struggling too, and having to eat into their savings, so what you thought might be a large inheritance, may not actually turn out that way. Do not have your retirement depend fully on government funds for your retirement, try to save some of your own each month. With careful planning and plenty of deposits into your IRAs, you will be able to live and enjoy your golden retirement years.</p>
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