Category: Retirement

[ad_1] Famed investor Charlie Munger and diplomat Henry Kissinger both died within a day of each other in November 2023. Each lived to 100...

[ad_1] If you want to find a place where houses remain affordable, try Syracuse, New York. It’s a college town, so it’s probably a...

[ad_1] Traditional pension plans haven’t come back. But the news from IBM might lead you to think so. Last month, IBM thawed out a...

[ad_1] It’s everyone’s favorite time of the year: tax season! Ok…that may be an exaggeration, but either way, it’s likely that you will come...

[ad_1] Personal finance blogs primarily fall in three major categories. First, there are the “getting out of debt” blogs. Second, there are the “just...

[ad_1] I was recently interviewed by Jonathan DeYoe on the Mindful Money Podcast. He closed the interview by asking me, “What was the last...

[ad_1] The insurance enhances Social Security’s role of offsetting Black/White inequality. My colleagues have just completed a really interesting study pertaining to the progressivity...

[ad_1] This month we start with an article that provides a framework for thinking about optimizing retirement income. Then we’ll explore timely strategies that...

[ad_1] When I started this blog at age 51 about twelve years ago, topics such as Social Security and Medicare were distant on the...

[ad_1] Viktor applied FIRE principles frequently espoused on this blog. He grew up an immigrant raised by a single mother on welfare. He retired...

[ad_1] I spent the first decade of my adult life wandering through the wilderness when it came to personal finance. Then I got a...

[ad_1] Although no one was left untouched by COVID’s devastation, people with disabilities engaged in cautious behaviors far longer than people without disabilities, according...

[ad_1] Today is one full year since I last set foot in a business, nearly nine months since I last posted here on the...

[ad_1] Welcome back to another monthly update from Root of Good. We spent the whole month of March at home in Raleigh. Along with...

[ad_1] I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! There was a lot of news on the safe withdrawal rate front this month. We’ll start...

[ad_1] While your goal should ideally be to save 10 to 15 percent of your income for retirement, don’t be discouraged if you can’t...

[ad_1] There are probably thousands of articles published every day on how and why to eat well and exercise. And yes, these are critical...

[ad_1] Perhaps we should have always known it was coming, but I’m calling it: the time has come to retire the FIRE (financial independence/retire...

[ad_1] Welcome back to another monthly update from Root of Good. We had another busy month in April here at home in Raleigh. Between...

[ad_1] In a previous post, I applied the 80-20 rule to the realm of cybersecurity. I aimed to motivate you to take action to...