Retirement Planning

Qualified retirement plans are valuable investment tools. The money you put in them grows tax deferred until it is withdrawn at the time of your retirement and contributions to a 401(k) plan actually reduce your taxable income.

Whether you are already taking advantage of your employer’s retirement plan, still considering it, or have different investment methods in place to save for retirement, I encourage you to think more broadly about your retirement, and prepare for it between now and then. Today I’d like to share some timeless financial principals with you to apply to your personal situation.

Many couples enter the retirement stage of life, and find, not surprisingly, that their aspirations for retirement differ; sometimes only slightly but other times colossally. Thus, it is important to discuss your expectations with each other before you retire to avoid conflict when you get there.

Women now comprise 60% of the people receiving Social Security benefits, so it’s easy to say that it is a significant component of any woman’s retirement plan.¹ As with many aspects of retirement planning, Social Security can be confusing -- not only to understand, but to implement correctly.