Retirement Planning
News, insights and expert analysis on retirement planning from the team at Kiplinger.
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To Close the Wealth Gap, Teach Your Children WellKids who grow up with savings accounts are more likely to learn the basics of managing and investing — and more likely to attend college.
By Melanie Mortimer
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'The Best Is Yet to Come' — Five Things You Gain in RetirementRetirement should be a time of exploration, expansion and delight. So if you've done your planning well, enjoy these five retirement perks.
By Maurie Backman
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How the Best Advisers Help Clients Use Their Retirement FearClients don't need advisers to dismiss their retirement fears. They need advisers who can listen, separate emotion from risk and turn anxiety into action.
By David Conti, CPRC
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The 'Take That Uncle Sam' Rule of Retirement SpendingHere's how to reduce your tax bill when you withdraw money in retirement.
By Donna Fuscaldo
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The 2026 Mid-Year Retirement ResetChecklist of 6 easy things you can do in June to improve and secure your finances.
By Donna LeValley
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How IRAs Impact Social SecurityDo your traditional IRA distributions count as income that could lower your Social Security benefits? It depends.
By Tom Taulli
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When Will Social Security and Medicare Run Out of Money?Social Security and Medicare trust funds, which help pay benefits, are projected to outspend their surpluses. What happens when the safety net faces a shortfall?
By Elaine Silvestrini
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The Y Rule of Retirement: Why Men Need to Plan DifferentlyIf you have a Y chromosome (because you're a guy), following the 'Y rule of retirement' can help you transition to this new life stage with grace.
By Jacob Schroeder
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Why Retirement Demands a Beginner’s MindsetYou spent decades mastering your career, hobbies and savings. Now comes the hard part: learning how to be a novice all over again.
By Jacob Schroeder
