Weekend Reading: How to Want Less
What constitutes a satisfying life? Your answer will more than likely differ from mine, and that of anyone else you ask, but what remains is the fact we’re all in continual search of it.
Weekend Reading: How Thinking About 'Future You' Can Build a Happier Life
You put effort into cultivating relationships with friends and family, but what about the relationship you have with your future self?
Weekend Reading: Dreading Income Tax Season? Try Income Tax Planning Instead
Some might view tax season as a once-a-year event where Uncle Sam takes an unpredictable slice of your hard-earned savings. However, in the grand scheme of your retirement, tax planning should occur throughout the year, every year.
Weekend Reading: Fear and Greed: An Investor's Worst Enemies
With a lack of clarity still in the financial forecast, this article spotlights two fear and greed-based biases you will want to be aware of, so you can learn to not only manage them, but to also put more focus toward the long-term success of your investments.
Weekend Reading: Segmenting Retirement Expenses into Core vs. Adaptive to Create Retirement Buckets
Bucket strategies in the realm of financial planning are plentiful, and one you might have come across includes sorting your expenses into “essential” versus “discretionary”.
Weekend Reading: Stocks Don't Rise or Fall Because of Interest Rates
If news headlines of the Fed raising short-term interest rates has you feeling frazzled – particularly in relation to the market – here’s your signal to remain calm.
Weekend Reading: The Better You Are at Math, the More Money Seems to Influence Your Satisfaction
Were you a math pro in school? If so, new research shows it could benefit you more than you might realize.
Weekend Reading: The Problem with Precision in Financial Planning
Benjamin Franklin was once quoted saying, “…In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”, and the same belief can certainly be applied to the world of financial planning.
Weekend Reading: 12 Questions Retirees Often Get Wrong About Taxes in Retirement
Taxes can pose one of the biggest threats to your lifelong savings, especially if you’re not apprised of exactly how and when Uncle Sam claims his cuts.
Weekend Reading: The Hidden Hazards of Taking a Social Security Lump Sum
When it comes to deciding whether you should claim Social Security benefits at Full Retirement Age (FRA), or delay and receive credit, several factors come into play which you should be aware of.
Weekend Reading: Behavioral Biases and the Hierarchy of Retirement Needs
The “bucketing” manner in which you might account for income and assets, as well as the hierarchy it develops, can cause you to save more money for retirement than you actually need.
Weekend Reading: Retirement Tips from World-Famous Authors to Live Happily Ever
Avid reader or not, you surely want a confident, purposeful retirement, and these famous authors provide some enlightening insight on how to make that happen.