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Stories connecting with readers this past week include our “Best New Ideas in Retirement” series, which offers solid, straightforward tips to help with your retirement planning. Check out why you should save at least 10% of your income to ensure a financially secure retirement, and read about how and when to face the emotional impact of this life transition. Plus, watch an interview with the “Father of the 401(k) and his advice on why it’s never too early to start saving for retirement.
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Here are the Best New Ideas in Retirement
The most innovative thinking on retirement, from how we save for it to how we spend it to what it all means.
Here are the Best New Ideas in Retirement
This one investment move can give you lifetime yearly income in retirement
A simple annuity is a good way to keep from running out of money, writes Michael Edesess.
This one investment move can give you lifetime yearly income in retirement
The new math of saving for retirement may boil down to this one, absurdly simple rule
Why you should be saving at least 10% of your salary.
The new math of saving for retirement may boil down to this one, absurdly simple rule
You’re probably not ready to retire — psychologically
Your emotional ‘glide path’ is as important as your financial plan.
You’re probably not ready to retire — psychologically
Can you drink lattes and still retire rich?
The great coffee wars and your retirement
Can you drink lattes and still retire rich?
Forget Warren Buffett: This fund manager has walloped the stock market over the past decade
Six investing lessons you can learn from tech investor Kevin Landis.
Forget Warren Buffett: This fund manager has walloped the stock market over the past decade
When your faith guides your investing decisions, can you still beat the stock market?
Plenty of faith-based investment funds.
When your faith guides your investing decisions, can you still beat the stock market?
Private-equity titan describes how losing billions made him ‘a better person’
Guy Hands, a European private-equity pioneer, says his confidence is still shaken more than 10 years after a prominent deal collapse. And although the 59-year-old businessman said he may never recapture his mojo, he believes his past stumbles have made him better.
Private-equity titan describes how losing billions made him ‘a better person’
These China ETFs are beating the S&P 500 this year — as are these other international stock funds
Look at the Canadian stock market too.
These China ETFs are beating the S&P 500 this year — as are these other international stock funds
Reports of an overheated IPO market are greatly exaggerated
Investors now are cautious about buying new stocks, writes Mark Hulbert.
Reports of an overheated IPO market are greatly exaggerated
Dr. Copper’s advice about the stock market is a waste of your pennies
Copper isn’t a leading indicator of stocks’ or the economy’s direction, writes Mark Hulbert.
Dr. Copper’s advice about the stock market is a waste of your pennies
More active managers are beating the stock market again thanks to the trade war: Goldman Sachs
Mutual funds are having one of their best years since the financial crisis, with 42% of large-cap active mutual funds outperforming their benchmarks so far in 2019, well above the 34% rate averaged during the last decade
More active managers are beating the stock market again thanks to the trade war: Goldman Sachs
The new math of retirement: Save 10%
For years, the retirement industry has failed to say exactly how much money people need to save for retirement. There’s now an answer: 10% of your income.
The new math of retirement: Save 10%
‘Father of the 401(k)’ on student debt troubles and retirement
401(k) inventor Ted Benna says the student debt crisis presents a serious dilemma to those trying to save for retirement.
‘Father of the 401(k)’ on student debt troubles and retirement
Why it’s never too early to start saving for retirement
When asked how Gen Z and Millennials should think about retirement savings, Ted Benna, known as the “father of the 401(k),” said Gen Z and Millennials should start saving for retirement now, “even if it’s only 1% of your pay.”
Why it’s never too early to start saving for retirement