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New to understanding contributions, what’s going on here?

Feb 04 2023

I recently started a new job that offers a vanguard retirement plan. I set my contributions from my pay to 10% for every biweekly check I get. “Your employer matches 125%of your contributions be...

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Government jobs/retirement benefits

Feb 02 2023

Has anyone switched careers later in life to some type of government job in order to reap better benefits for retirement? What are the requirements for how long one has to be in a position to get thes...

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Why is my vested balance not the same as my account balance and which should I take into consideration for my net worth?

Feb 02 2023

I like to calculate my retirement amount in my net worth. I understand what it means to be vested. I quit my company job over a year ago and only stayed for two years overall. However on my Transameri...

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How Retirees Should Turn Down a Job Offer - Leisure Freak

Feb 01 2023

retirees may interview for a perfect encore career or stepped-down retirement gig only to have second thoughts.... How Retirees Should Turn Down a Job Offer...

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How To Find Your Early Retirement Job - Leisure Freak

Feb 01 2023

How To Find Your Early Retirement Job. You retired early and know the opportunities you want to pursue that are aligned with your interests and passions ......

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America Needs To Improve How It Treats Its Older Workers

Jan 28 2023

Because near retirees have no significant source of retirement income besides Social Security many will have to take any job they can find....

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10 Myths That Could Sink Your Retirement

Jan 28 2023

January 28, 2023– Myths, misunderstandings, and just plain faulty thinking occur in retirement, just like they do in every other phase of life. But unlike earlier stages in our careers, where th...

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My job is being eliminated and I will get a severance package. Is that considered income for IRS limits on Roth IRA contributions?

Jan 27 2023

'Is it possible to contribute to a new 401(k) account to get additional matching?'...

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Part-time job for older people

Jan 24 2023

What are some (parttime) mimium wage job ideas for any old ppl that doesnt know any english? Or possibly higher than mimum wage? And is tired all the time apparently and is scare of pain and in pain s...

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6 Takeaways from a Rather Unremarkable IT Career

Jan 19 2023

I recently left my 20-year information technology (IT) career to be a full-time blogger. Most of my career involved partnering with a large government customer to modernize its massively-complex and o...

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Job to supplement retirement income?

Jan 19 2023

I plan to retire from my State job next year at age 52. I plan to do a lot of traveling but I also would like to find a job I can do remotely from anywhere to supplement my retirement income (and fund...

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Economic Devastation Might Be Exactly What We Need To Win

Jan 18 2023

Since I left my day job in 2012, I’ve been constantly preparing for economic devastation. I had to because I no longer had a safety net. My plan was to take a leap of faith and succeed. It would...

financialsamurai.com

Stepping out of management in the last few months before retirement

Jan 17 2023

Hi all, Wondering if anyone else is in the same boat as me. I'm planning to retire about this time next year. My plan is to work my current job as a director (people manager) until around June or July...

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My New Year’s Resolutions: From Quitting My Job to Opening a Mobile Vasectomy Clinic

Jan 07 2023

By Dr. Margaret Curtis, WCI Columnist My family and I have some big changes ahead of us in the coming year. Our second kid is graduating from high school. (If you are wondering how I am doing with the...

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How a Career in the Pharmaceutical Industry Can Make Physicians a Huge Salary

Dec 30 2022

By Anonymous Pharmaceutical Physician Have you ever wondered about putting your clinical expertise to work by bringing new therapies to the market? Have you participated as an investigator in a clinic...

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Financially Optimizing Mid-Year Job Changes

Dec 19 2022

The meme for millennials (and you gen-Z’ers too) is that we are known for frequent job hopping. So what better than learning how to squeeze a little bit more out of those mid year job changes. I...

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4 Steps to Take if You Lose Your Job Near Retirement

Dec 05 2022

Being let go from a job later in life can lead to financial disaster, but there are some things you can do to help lessen the damage....

kiplinger.com

The Present Defines the Past

Nov 01 2022

Almost two years ago, I wrote a post about some regrets I had early in my career. As I stated: While many of my friends went off to big tech firms (i.e. Facebook, Amazon, Uber, etc.) and got that swee...

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Too Good to Be True

Jun 14 2022

A friend of mine was laid off a few months ago and has had a tough time on the job market since. After weeks of applying and getting nowhere, they received a bit of hope—a glowing email response. Th...

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