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Alicia H. Munnell in SmartMoney
June 14, 2011
Today, the average retirement age for men is 64 and for women, it's 62. But if people continue to retire this early, they are going to face a severe decline in their living standards.... A few additional years of work can make retirees in 2030 as well off as those of the current generation.
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SmartMoney
Mar. 30, 2007
Excerpt: If you want to retire early, it pays to sweat the details about how much money you'll need. Start with a thorough inventory of your savings, future benefits and income. How much do you have invested? Does your company offer retirees any pension or health benefits? (To see how much you can expect from your current 401(k) plan, click here.) How much Social Security will you receive? Are you expecting an inheritance?
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SmartMoney
Sept. 14, 2006
Excerpt: [I]f getting rich seems to be getting easier for many of us, the trick today may be staying rich. Indeed, when it comes to building wealth and sustaining it for a lifetime, the demographics of the baby-boom generation are rewriting the rules. The days are long gone when seniors could fund their retirement by simply collecting interest from T-bills.
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CBS MoneyWatch
Aug. 15, 2012
"In [a] first post ... on the efficacy of online retirement calculators, [the author] showed how widely these tools can range in the savings they recommend -- from 9 percent of a person's pay to almost 70 percent. This makes it hard for people to understand how much they need to save for retirement. In this post [the author digs] deeper into the calculators [published by] by AARP, CNNMoney, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), MSNMoney, Schwab, SmartMoney and T. Rowe Price."
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SmartMoney
May 30, 2012
"[T]here's a big question in the industry over the proper 'glide path,' whether the fund is built to land at retirement age, or to stretch out the landing for the rest of their lives. To tell you how confusing it has gotten, consider that Morningstar Inc. has almost 50 different categories of target-date and life-cycle funds. The primary distinction in those groups is the retirement year it is built around, but the underlying truth is that what was built to be a simple, straightforward decision becomes increasingly complex as competition to capture target-date assets increases."
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National Public Radio [NPR]
Mar. 28, 2012
"Consumers pay an estimated $30-$60 billion a year in 401(k) management fees. But the average American has no idea how much they pay or that they pay any fees at all, according to the AARP. Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with Ian Salisbury of SmartMoney Magazine about the fees and the call by consumer advocates for more transparency."
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SmartMoney
Mar. 22, 2012
"[S]ome readers ... wonder[ed] which of America's retirement pillars, publicly-run Social Security, or privately run 401(k)s cost more to run. [The authors] went back to ... sources to investigate -- and the results might surprise some people."
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SmartMoney
Mar. 16, 2012
"What investors see once that transparency arrives might be quite eye-opening. By rough estimates, 401(k) fees add up to anywhere from $30 billion to $60 billion a year. Do the math and that comes to as much as $164 million every day. The companies say they more than earn that impressive income stream, given the complexities of record-keeping and accounting for tens of millions of accounts -- not to mention investing the money. In testimony to regulators, fund companies have said their 401(k) charges compare favorably to the costs of getting the same services outside the plan."
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SmartMoney
Mar. 6, 2012
Contributed funds are 'use it or lose it' -- workers forfeit any balance remaining at year's end --- but roughly 75% of employers take advantage of IRS rulings that allow for a grace period of up to 2.5 months.
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SmartMoney
Feb. 22, 2012
At the very least, say pros, it's essential to plan financially at least through age 95 -- and if you have a history of longevity in your family, figure on surviving to the century mark.
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