Early Retirement Blog

Kurt Warner retired early from football.   No longer willing to take the beating he was getting on the job, Kurt Warner retired with one year left on his contract, giving up a reported $11 million. Having accomplished much more in his career, than most NFL quarterbacks ever do, Kurt Warner decided to leave the [...]

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In a matter of moments, the U.S. Senate will vote to re-confirm Ben Bernanke, for another term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.    A monumental mistake by the Senate, that is yet one more example, of how Washington is in the pocket of Wall Street. Back in September 2007 when the credit crisis began, [...]

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You should not retire in debt.   Why?   Financially, it is much better to retire your debt, than it is to retire in debt.   Retirement debt can dramatically reduce your retirement income. Many Americans retire in debt, afraid of the impact getting rid of their debt, will have on their net worth.   [...]

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Stop the Budget Deficit Commission! The Obama White House and Congress are teaming up to rob your retirement. President Obama, along with Senators Kent Conrad and Judd Gregg, are pushing for the creation of a bi-partisan commission aimed at cutting your Social Security and Medicare benefits, in an effort to reduce the federal budget deficit. [...]

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After months of “The Dollar is crashing!   The Dollar is crashing!” stories, the U.S. Treasury Dept. reports today that “foreigners” purchased a net record $114.5 billion of U.S. Treasuries in November 2009.   Reports of the Dollar’s death, as Mark Twain would say, have been greatly exaggerated. What’s going on? The dollar was supposed [...]

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A small number of U.S. Senators have announced their plans to retire over the past few weeks   While the main stream media has made a semi-big deal out of a few retiring senators, and how it will effect the 2010 elections, the Early Retirement Blog has ignored the story – until today. Retiring Senator [...]

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Harriet Harman, the U.K.’s Equality Minister, wants to scrap Britain’s mandatory retirement policy (age 65), due to the nation’s growing “wellderly” population. Speaking at an Age U.K. conference, Harriet Harmon told the audience, “The change in the number of well older people demands a change in public policy. We have to understand that we now [...]

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Update:  Today, November 5, 2011 is national move your money day, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is asking everyone to move their banking from large banks, to small banks and credit unions. Move Your Money is a populist movement spearheaded by Arianna Huffington co-founder of the HuffingtonPost Blog, as an effort to channel the [...]

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A majority of American workers, 55% according to a survey released today, hate their jobs and think work sucks. Only 45% of American workers are satisfied with their jobs, down from 61% in 1987, the first year The Conference Board conducted their Job Satisfaction Survey. The drop in job satisfaction is felt by workers of [...]

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Whether it is getting out of debt, saving more money, losing weight, quitting smoking, or   retirement planning, Green Retirement can help you succeed in accomplishing your 2010 New Years Resolutions. The reason that most people fail with their New Years Resolutions, is that most New Years Resolutions involve changing behaviors or habits, something humans [...]

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