Early Retirement Blog

Emily Brandon of U.S. News and World Report, has a great article titled, “21 Ways to Cut Expenses in Retirement“.  Many of her suggestions, such as getting rid of one car in retirement have already appeared here on the retirement blog, but she does a great job of putting them together on one list. What [...]

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A front page article on Yahoo titled “$1 Million Doesn’t Cut it For Retirement”, claims that “A majority of experts now say $1 million is not nearly enough for a truly secure retirement.” The article cites a Scottrade survey of 229 registered investment advisers which found that   “71% don’t believe $1 million is enough [...]

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I am pleased to announce that Green Retirement Planning and Software has been updated and upgraded, making it easier than ever to retire early and save the planet. First, the Green Retirement website has been updated, making it easier to understand how to retire early by going green.   Second, both Green Retirement Planning and [...]

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This ain’t a movie with a happy ending.  Greek workers are in the streets protesting to try and save their retirements.   The Greek government has already announced that the retirement age will be raised from 60 to 63, and has pledged to do whatever it takes, to get their debt levels back to EU [...]

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Mama’s Says The Recession is Over! While economists who couldn’t predict the economic collapse, spend their time studying dubious government data to figure out if the recession is over, I use a much more accurate indicator of economic conditions to make my determination.   The line outside Mama’s Restaurant. Mama’s is a very popular brunch [...]

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Floor of the U.S. Senate What’s the difference between a Republican and a Democrat? Answer: The difference between a whore and a prostitute. The U.S. Senate on March 4th 2010, voted down a bill, that would have given Seniors who will not see any increase in their Social Security benefits this year, a paltry $250 [...]

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