Retirement Calculators: What they MISS

Retirement Calculators: What they MISS

So you’ve visited a retirement calculator like https://www.calculator.net/retirement-calculator.html and input some specific data about yourself to get some numbers on what you’ll need to save to afford to retire.What you do with that data is one thing, but before...
Retirement Calculator Basics

Retirement Calculator Basics

Google “retirement calculator” or “financial calculator” and you’ll easily find hundreds or thousands of sites. Most people looking for a retirement calculator are trying to figure out one thing:Can I retire?It’s important to understand the variables needed to plug...
3 Ways to Calculate How Much to Save for Retirement

3 Ways to Calculate How Much to Save for Retirement

So, you need to save for retirement. The question is: How much do you need to save? Unfortunately, that’s hard to answer. In fact, according to a survey this year by Bankrate.com, more than six in 10 Americans don’t know how much money should be in their...
Why Some Retirees Go Back to School at 65

Why Some Retirees Go Back to School at 65

IN THE 10 YEARS THAT Jacob Cohen, 70, has been retired from teaching, he has taken more than 100 courses at the University of North Carolina—Asheville, averaging three or four a semester. One of his favorite classes was about the history of life on earth, taught by a...