Sometimes when it comes to financial advice, you don’t want a lot of fluff. You just want someone to tell you like it is – straight and to the point. Not a whole bunch of “maybe this, maybe that”. That aspect is what I loved about the Smartest Retirement Book You’ll Ever Read by Daniel R. Solin - definitive and conscience advice! So far I’ve already written two separate posts highlighting pieces of advice in this book. But there’s actually a lot more to it. Solin has JAMMED PACKED this book full of useful knowledge. The information it contains could be appreciated by both newbies as well as intermediate/advanced investors. Here’s some of the more important tidbits you can take away from The Smartest Retirement Book: … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Smartest Retirement Book You’ll Ever Read by Daniel R. Solin
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Retirement Income Planning with Author Daniel Solin
When you’re finally ready to retire and start accessing your money, mainstream advice says to follow the 4 percent rule. For anyone who doesn’t know, the 4 percent rule says you can start your retirement by withdrawing 4 percent of your total retirement portfolio to live on, and then doing the same each year thereafter with small adjustments for inflation. Research suggests that you’ll have a pretty good chance of success for about the next 30 years. Although this method is very popular for retirement income planning, there have been some studies to that show you can do better! … [Read more...] about Retirement Income Planning with Author Daniel Solin
Retirement Income Planning and How Your Needs Will Change
Do you think it’s possible to save too much for retirement? That was the headline in an article from Yahoo Finance that seemed to think that you might. In it, the author was pointing the finger at the popular “80% rule” that suggests that retirement income planning is as simple as just estimating 80% of your gross (pre-tax) income. Their criticism was that some academics think this commonly accepted retirement income planning tool may inadvertently cause some people to save for far more than they need. Consequently, this would cause those people to short-change themselves in the present. … [Read more...] about Retirement Income Planning and How Your Needs Will Change