Early Retirement Blog

Workers in France striking to defend their retirements (May 27, 2010) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in an effort to reduce France’s budget deficit is  planning to raise the retirement age by 1-3 years from 60, and to extend the required pension contribution period.   He has said that pushing up the retirement age would be [...]

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Asset allocation is one of the most important, misunderstood, and easiest parts of retirement planning. This three-part article will describe how, in less than 30 minutes and $30 per year, you can properly allocate your assets, and have your investments out-perform 90% of mutual funds. First, before you learn how to easily and cheaply allocate [...]

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Get rich saving the planet? Absolutely. Here are 10 simple green ways you can save $1 million and the planet! In only 20 years, at an average annual return of 9% on your savings, you can save a lot of green by going green. 1.  Bottled Water – Stop wasting money and the environment drinking [...]

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As soon as the Dow dropped 1,000 points in 15 minutes last week, the financial headlines were written, screaming “Greek Debt Fears Cause U.S. Stock Market Crash.”   A few hours later, Greece was temporarily forgiven, when the mysterious “machines” got blamed. Two days later, the financial press is back to blaming Greece for a [...]

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