August 2010
      
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Are You Sabotaging Your Retirement?

The desire for a secure retirement is common. Most people contemplate the things they’d like to do when they finally have the time. Unfortunately, a lot of folks may never realize their dreams due to inadequate financial resources. All too often, poor financial habits in the present wreak havoc with creating a solid financial foundation for the future. The three main ways in which you may be sabotaging your retirement are over spending, under saving and perpetuating bad habits. Over Spending: Excess spending comes in many forms. Buying an item for the sake of appearance, taking on consumer debt and indulging in entertainment are just three examples. To have a secure retirement in the future, current spending must be controlled.
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Debating on Whether to Keep Your Life Insurance in Retirement?

Life insurance is a multi-dimensional product. Take whole or permanent life products as an example. You have a death benefit that can be used by your beneficiaries to pay off debt, replace your income, pay funeral expenses, pay estate taxes, pay college tuition expenses—really, anything you can imagine. In addition to the death benefit, with a whole life insurance policy you also have a cash value. The cash value can be taken if you surrender the policy and can be borrowed against during the life of the policy.
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Finding Money Safe Havens in the Present Economic Environment

There is an unbendable and unbreakable law of economics that states that wealth is created in one of only two ways: people working or money working. Many have attempted to break this law, and usually the results have violated both civil and criminal laws. These days, everyone is anxious to put their money in a safe place. This "safe place" would also preferably have low risk, high returns and tax advantages as well as be ready and waiting for them when they retire. Does such a "safe place" exist? A respected commentator in the sports world says, "Let's take a look."
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