What $1 Million Will Get You In Retirement
I spend a lot of time helping people understand how much money they will need to meet their retirement goals. Today I want to look at this another way: What will $1 million actually get you in...
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Can You Beat Inflation With Dividends?
With consumer price inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, running at 2% year-over-year and 10 year treasury yields at 1.6%, investors cannot even keep up with inflation by investing in...
View ArticleThe Impact Of Higher Taxes On Retirement Plans
Whether you agree with it or not, I think most people now believe that taxes are going to go up in 2013. With the Bush era tax cuts set to expire, we will likely see income taxes go up for those in the...
View ArticleSave Your Retirement With Stocks Like P&G
More than half of those approaching retirement fear that they will run out of money. Because of this we have a record number of people in this country working into their 70s. There are also more people...
View ArticleHow Changes In The COLA Index Can Impact Your Retirement Plan
As we get closer to the “fiscal cliff” more politicians have been discussing how to reduce the coming crushing burden of entitlements. That means Medicare and Social Security are in the crosshairs. Of...
View ArticleHow Changes In The COLA Index Can Impact Your Retirement Plan- Part 2
A few weeks ago I wrote a fairly popular article that discussed the rising possibility that the federal government will change the cost of living (COLA) index that social security payments are tied to....
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Dividend Yield Vs. Dividend Growth: Kimberly-Clark Vs. Wal-Mart
When looking to build a long-term portfolio of stocks that pay high dividends, investors usually come up with a mix of stocks that either have high dividend yields or high dividend growth rates. It is...
View ArticleHigher Taxes, More Uncertainty: When Can You Retire Now?
With a new year upon us and with income taxes, capital gains taxes, and dividend taxes going way up for those making over $400,000 a year ($450,000 for joint filers), and payroll taxes going up for...
View ArticleAssign Weights To Your Dividend Paying Stocks
About every quarter I update my weights for my dividend paying stocks in my retirement portfolio. Let me first summarize the idea behind my weighting scheme. I do not normally believe in weighting by...
View ArticleFuture Stock Market Returns And Your Retirement Plan
Since the lows of 2009 the S&P 500 index is up nearly 120%. Before this rally there were those who had been talking about low stock market returns for years to come. With the stock market having...
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