» Posted by Martin Weil on July 17, 2008

Kiplinger's Personal Finance's current column on retirement income has four little-known tips on increasing your benefits under the Social Security program. These may not apply to all, but they are well worth a look.

» Posted by Martin Weil on February 22, 2008

Many retirees will face the task of leaving their homes and moving into a form of retirement living at some stage in their lives. I have found remarkably few resources that address the emotional, let alone practical, issues for those individuals and family members confronted by this challenge. Now comes On The Road of Life by Bay Area author and senior housing counselor Donna Robbins. Recommended for seniors and their adult children, Robbins' book offers "simple and easy to understand information to help aging adults make the best choices for the rest of their lives."

» Posted by Martin Weil on July 14, 2007

Are you saving enough for retirement?
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» Posted by Martin Weil on April 05, 2006

So suggests the annual retirement survey by the Employment Benefit Research Institute. The study paints a generally dismal picture of the average American worker's preparedness to retire.

The one helpful suggestion: "employer plans could be further enhanced by adding automatic options. A majority of employed workers favor automatic enrollment (69 percent), automatically increasing the percentage of salary contributed when an increase in pay is received (65 percent), and automatically investing contributions for the employee (59 percent).

Thanks to Daniel Gross for the pointer.

» Posted by Martin Weil on December 28, 2005

Or Osaka, London, Moscow, Seoul, Geneva or just about any other city in the west. This according to the latest cost of living data from Mercer Consulting.

» Posted by Martin Weil on December 05, 2005

But for most of us, it would probably be easy to save for retirement if we were willing to live like your parents did--or at least like my parents did. One television, no stereo, no VCR, no cable, one (used) car, six rooms for four people, no eating out, no cell phones, no vacations other than visiting relatives, stretching meat out with egg and bread and noodle rings, jello as a salad, turn the light off when you leave the room and get off the phone--it's long distance!

Jane Galt as quoted by Tyler Cowen in his economics blog Marginal Revolution.