Small Company Retirement Plans Fail To Compete

Small Company Retirement Plans Fail To Compete

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Small businesses are under fire after a recent report, titled “The Retirement Readiness Imperative Report,” aptly demonstrated the sorry state of retirement benefits for employees of these companies. Released in October 2013 by the Transamerica Center for Retirement...
Gold: Diversification And Security

Gold: Diversification And Security

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Mainstream investment advice has regularly recommended investment in stocks as the primary path to a secure retirement. However, as recent economic events make evident, relying exclusively or even primarily on the stock market, carries tremendous risk. Thousands of...
Economic Instability Means Time For Gold

Economic Instability Means Time For Gold

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The uncertainty of a resolution to the debt-ceiling crisis has resulted in gold falling in price. In this regard, gold acts like many other commodities such as oil and copper. However, gold is not like other commodities; gold is not consumed or used like oil, wheat,...
Social Security

Social Security

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There may be good reason as to why people are afraid social security will run out. The Social Security trust fund, after all, will be gone by 2033. Many people are reacting to this by snatching their social security as soon as they can. People may be worried that they...
Retirement: Fear Forces Action

Retirement: Fear Forces Action

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Fear and anxiety are often good motivators to create plans of action. In the case of retirement planning, that is some welcome news. While many of us envision a blissful retirement, the reality is often different and more difficult than our dreams. The basic reasons...