How to Use Target Date Funds to Build Wealth for Retirement
People always say that you should save for retirement. That you’ve got to start amassing funds early on in order to live comfortably post-career. But the question many want to know is exactly HOW to save for retirement. Do you just set up a separate bank account and funnel bits of your paycheck into it over time? Or do you keep your funds in a lockbox labelled “Retirement” under your bed for 50 years and hope for the best? (Okay, probably don’t do that.)
The best way...
Why Planning for Retirement is a Women’s Issue
Retirement. That bright spot glimmering in the distant future full of the promise of rest, relaxation, and endless days in the Florida sunshine. But retirement is more than just ending a career or deciding which southern state to settle in. Retirement is a whole new financial landscape that we will all have to learn to navigate someday. However, planning for retirement isn’t something that should be kicked too far down the road. From day one of our professional lives we should be...
Does Money Buy Happiness? In Fact, it Can and Will!
We’ve all heard it before. The old adage sung by Jessie J and Freddie Mercury: “money can’t buy happiness.” Most people would probably say that’s true, that the most valuable things in life – love, real friendship, fulfillment – can’t be achieved through material means. Many use this phrase to make themselves feel better, so they can sleep soundly at night thinking that rich people are all lonely, sad, and desperate for the happiness their money...
