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Monthly rewind

by on October 31, 2011 in Estate Planning, Income, Retirement

I spent a lot of time traveling in October, which was good for my tan, but bad for my writing schedule.  There’s quite a bit on the editorial calendar for November though, so stay tuned.  In the meantime, below is a list of articles published at Intentional Retirement during October. Three key retirement mistakes to avoid [...]

Estate Planning: A short primer

by on October 21, 2011 in Estate Planning

October 17-23 is officially National Estate Planning Awareness Week.  As in years past, my procrastination got the better of me and I didn’t get you a gift, so I’m sending out this handy little estate planning primer instead.  Enjoy. What is estate planning? It’s pretty simple really.  Someday we’re all going to die.  Our estate [...]

The most important thing to know about your retirement budget

by on October 18, 2011 in Income, Retirement, Social Security

Here it is: Every year during retirement, everything you buy will cost more than it did the year before.  Such is the nature of inflation.  In 1990 a stamp was 25 cents.  Today it has almost doubled to 44 cents.  A gallon of gas was $1.16.  Today you can expect to pay triple that.  A [...]

Three key retirement mistakes to avoid

by on October 7, 2011 in Debt, Distribution Planning, Retirement

Retiring in the place you want, with the people you want, doing the things you want, for as long as you want takes money, good genes, and a bit of luck, to be sure.  But perhaps what is more important is the role that good decisions play.  One of the earliest lessons in life is [...]