Snow flurries here in Tennessee off/on all day long. So far a whole lot less snow this winter compared to last. Next week it’s supposed to hit 70, but I think we have another snow in our near future. I’m not trying to be your first source for retirement news, but this is worth highlighting Continue reading
Retirement Planning
#63 – Leaving a Legacy
How could I not have touched on this retirement subject earlier? Start with a general definition of a legacy. To me, a legacy is how (or what) you want you, or your family, to be remembered. Doesn’t have to be financially or materially related. One can leave a documented family history, or a video interview Continue reading
#62 – Changes Coming in 2023
A carryover from this past Christmas season was a gift for the entire family that’s brought considerable joy- an online education subscription platform called MasterClass where viewers can access tutorials and lectures pre-recorded by celebrity experts in various fields. Started in 2014, almost 200 celebrity video podcasts (60-120 minutes of educational content broken into several Continue reading
#58 – Helpful Conversations
Hope everyone had an enjoyable 2022 Thanksgiving weekend. We had a wonderful week with Andrew being home (along with a visit by Tayler, one of his cousins), and the week before, I got to visit a couple of USNA classmates. More to follow on each of those events. As mentioned on the home page, and Continue reading
#55 – The Four Per Cent Rule
So that last week of September was a bit rough on many folks. Stock markets took a good-sized downturn Hurricane Ian inflicted great damage in Florida Surgeons took a good chunk of cancer from my upper lip We can choose not to dwell on that week and move forward to better things (much easier for Continue reading
#54 – Surgery
Ah, the greatly increased chances of requiring surgery as we get older, yes? Six months ago I had a small spot on my upper lip test positive for Basal Cell Carcinoma, and finally had the surgery two days ago to remove it, followed by reconstructive surgery yesterday. There was considerably more cancer than what showed Continue reading
#53 – Revisiting Social Security
This is a revision of post #15 on Social Security (SS) from early May last year. So much has changed since then which impacts the financial world: Russia invading Ukraine, inflation at levels we haven’t seen in 40 years, interest rates being pushed up to address this inflation, price of oil peaking at > $120/barrel Continue reading
#52 – “How Much Money Do I Need to Retire?”
I really dislike this question. It’s the marketing title of so many articles and other media sources that want to catch one’s attention and educate the intended audience- and often sell them their related financial product. It goes right along with similarly related marketing click-bait: “Will I run out of money before I die?” Guess Continue reading
#49 – Recent Road Trip
It’s really nice knowing we can just decide one day to hop in the car and take off for a destination, although this wasn’t the case last week. Beth had not seen our granddaughter in almost four months, so we headed up to the DC area for a couple of days to see she and Continue reading
#45 – FIRE
This post likely won’t impact retirees/almost retirees, but it may very well shed light on the future of their children and grand children, so it might be worth one’s time to learn about the FIRE Movement. FIRE stands for Financially Independent, Retire Early. During related conversations you may hear reference to just “FI”. As Millennialists, Continue reading