retirement

I think it has ben brought up here before, but a search came up empty. Had this conversation with my wife and my mom this weekend. Two of my friends have parents that need serious medical care. One of my friends has a dad who has been living with Parkinson's disease. They are looking to move...

I've often wondered about if we really are facing a time again when a lot of the elderly will be living in poverty. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/opinion/sunday/our-ridiculous-approach-to-retirement.html I was really struck by this: I contribute quite a bit to my retirement but I don't...

I'm reading that there are protests in France over raising the retirement age from 60 to 62. To an American this sounds crazy. I'm assuming it's not crazy though. I mean, if I knew more about the situation maybe I'd still think that they should raised the retirementa age but at least I've...

I started wondering how much I should put away for retirement. According to MSN article, it would be 15% per year. I'm pretty far behind on that, so I should probably double this number. http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Retirementandwills/Createaplan/P142702.asp But, my SS withholding are...