Retirement Planning
News, insights and expert analysis on retirement planning from the team at Kiplinger.
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11 Costly Medicare Mistakes You Should Avoid Making
Medicare If you don't make the right choices, you could end up with higher Medicare premiums and high out-of-pocket costs.
By Donna LeValley
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12 Things You Need to Know About Medicare
Medicare There's Medicare Part A, Part B, Part D, Medigap plans, Medicare Advantage plans and so on. We sort out the confusion about signing up for Medicare — and much more.
By Catherine Siskos
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The Surprising Way to Reduce Your Dementia Risk
Lower your dementia risk with this one hack.
By Christy Bieber
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The Minimum Savings You Need To Retire in All 50 States
Worried you haven't saved enough for retirement? Here are the average annual expenses and minimum savings amounts needed to get by in all 50 states.
By Donna LeValley
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I’m 64, retired, and want to invest $400,000 of my $2.4 million portfolio in a winery startup. Am I crazy?
We ask wealth advisers to weigh in on the wine business and how to finance a retirement startup.
By Maurie Backman
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This Retirement GPS Helps You Navigate Your Drawdown Phase
Ready to retire? Here's how to swap your 'peak earnings' mindset for a 'preserve-plus-grow' approach instead of relying on the old, risky 4% rule.
By Shawn Maloney
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I Walked Away from a Stable Mid-Career Job — Here’s the Retirement Math Behind that Decision
Life is short. Should you quit your job for a more satisfying career? Or were you laid off? Here's how I learned to protect my retirement after leaving a steady job.
By Jacob Schroeder
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Is Your Retirement Portfolio Too Late to the Profit Party?
If you're following the usual retirement investment model, you could be missing out on a potential profit period that companies see in the run-up to their IPOs.
By Brianne Lynch, CAIA
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The Surprising Way Retirees Could Slow the Aging Process
This activity could slow your DNA's aging clock. It's free, and no, you don't have to exercise or eat vegetables for it to work.
By Christy Bieber
