Retirement Savings

How to Grab an Extra $150,000 for Retirement

Personal Finance

Who doesn’t want a little extra cash for retirement?  Of course, we all do.  But since money doesn’t grow on trees we have to find a few ways to create our own money tree. Let’s take a simple look at how easy it could be to grab some extra cash for retirement, but first let’s start [...]

7 Tips to Achieve Retirement Success

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Success! Wikipedia defines it as: The achievement of an objective or a goal. When it comes to saving for retirement many of us naturally want to achieve our goals.  The fact is, for most of us retirement is a marathon race and not a sprint so it’s important to have some ideas in mind to keep you on [...]

Do You Make These 4 Common 401k Mistakes?

Personal Finance

We all make mistakes – some of them are just more costly than others. When it comes to our retirement savings there’s a host of mistakes that could cost you. Because companies are shifting the responsibility of retirement on the employees, it’s vital to correct any of these mistakes as quickly as you can. 1. Bad [...]

Friday Finance Round Up – August 28, 2009

Round Ups

This week’s Round Up features posts discussing the average retirement savings by age, ruining Facebook friendships, States with the most underwater mortgages, the final numbers on Cash for Clunkers and a price comparison of 10 sandwiches.