Early Retirement Blog

No matter which country you live in, or which currency you use, Green Retirement Planning will work – It is universal. It does not matter if you live in Canada, England, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, or Sweden. It works in, dollars, euros, pounds, yens and dinars. Green Retirement Planning is a universal, principle, method, and [...]

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The price of food is going up – food inflation. Sam’s Club and Costco are rationing rice. Food riots are breaking out all over the world. People are choosing between gasoline for their car and food for their table. These are the headlines from last week. Why is food inflation such a big deal to [...]

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A study done in Britain by “Helped the Aged” and Barclays Bank, has discovered that many more people are entering retirement, with large amounts of debt. “Half of households headed by someone in their 50s are still repaying a mortgage, as is one in eight over-60s. The picture on personal loans is worse. Credit users [...]

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Pre-Historic Retirement Planning What is the natural age to retire? The government tells you that 59 1/2, 62, 65, 72, are years in which you can retire. Those are the ages at which you are eligible to receive benefits from your 401k, Social Security, and Medicare. But I believe that somewhere between 50 and 55 [...]

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Today is Earth Day 2008, so on this day I thought it would be appropriate, to describe the history of Green Retirement Planning. Green Retirement Planning, a new and better approach to retirement planning, began it’s life in the jungles of Costa Rica. I discovered the secret to early retirement, and the secret to retirement [...]

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Do The World A Favor And Retire From an Earth Day Fashion Show in Lawrence Kansas, to a Party for the Planet in Billings Montana, communities across the nation are celebrating Earth Day 2008 this coming week. In big cities, and small towns, millions of Americans will participate in Earth Day festivities. If you want [...]

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The I.R.S Doesn’t Want You To Read This… If you hate paying taxes – retire. By retiring, you can significantly lower your taxes, both in total amount and percentage. When you retire, you no longer pay a myriad of taxes, FICA, SSI, Disability, etc., all which can add up to a big chunk of your [...]

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Only 29 percent of American workers, surveyed by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, are confident that they will have a financially secure retirement. Down from 41 percent a year ago, marking the largest one year drop, in the surveys 18 year history. Retirement confidence has collapsed. The survey also showed that 47 percent of American [...]

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Green Retirement Planning claims that you are wealthier than you realize. When most people think of their wealth – they think of their net worth. Net worth is traditionally calculated as the total value of your assets i.e, house, investments, cars, cash etc. Your effective net worth may be much higher, even double, because the [...]

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If you have been laid off, and you are over the age of 50, what is the first thing you should do?  Find out if you can retire.  Before you write a resume, buy a new suit, and begin networking for a job, you should first eliminate the possibility that you can retire. A recession [...]

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