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The timing of retirement. Sometimes the decision to retire is a regret. About one-third of retirees regretted not working longer, according to Olivia Mitchell, co-author of a paper published in ...
Most retirees live on relatively fixed incomes that don't allow for much flexibility in terms of financial emergencies. This is why it's important as a retiree to steer away from any potential ...
My recent column on "un-retiring" struck a major chord with readers — some 1,500 of you weighed in on the pros and cons of going back to work after having decided to pack it in after a lifetime ...
After retiring from his full-time job at 67, he realized there were opportunities he missed out on because he held back on spending. He regrets not going on a weekslong trip to France with his ...
But with fewer years to go before retirement, it's prudent to diversify, including with less volatile assets like bonds and cash. For instance, the S&P 500 dropped by more than 18% as recently as ...
How much wealth you have to tap, of course, is the lynchpin. There’s a huge difference by household assets when it comes to retirees who say they "don’t need to work," according to the T. Rowe ...
That said, if you own a home and opt to downsize, you may not have to live on Social Security alone in retirement. The NCOA says homeowners aged 65 and over have a median of $250,000 in home equity.
Instead, O’Leary believes a person could survive relatively comfortably on just $500,000 in the bank and “do nothing else to make money” — provided that $500,000 is invested correctly.