5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying an Existing Business

If you’re a working professional with a smaller nest egg than you’d like, you’re not alone. A lot of late career workers are behind on retirement savings, and buying an existing business is a great strategy to catch up. That said, some are more suited to this option than others. You might be better off investing […]

What’s Keeping You From Starting a Business After 50?

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If you’re a late-career professional and behind on your retirement savings, there are a lot of ways to make it up. One retirement fix I love to recommend is starting a side business. Surprisingly, a lot of people balk at the idea. They think starting a business after 50 is an impossible option, with all sorts […]

Your Retirement Fix: Stop Listening to Your Own Excuses

  I’ve written extensively on this blog and elsewhere about how you can fix your retirement, no matter your age, debt, or living situation. I’ve led by example, pulling myself away from the brink of bankruptcy using my own strategy. But I know there are some readers with tools in hand, who will never use […]

My Retirement Rehab Weekly Round-up

Welcome to the round-up! Below are the posts we read, found interesting and loved this week for a variety of reasons. This Round-up is about entrepreneurship. If you’re considering starting an online business, we think you’ll like them too. Success Success Magazine produces some great video on what they call the YOU Economy. Others call it […]

Will Robots Take Our Jobs?

  People like to discuss robots taking our jobs like it’s a possibility. Will it happen? If so, when? BBC even assembled a helpful calculator that determines the chances robots will take over your job based on your professions. But it looks like people are wasting their energy on if’s and when’s. All signs are […]

My Retirement Rehab Weekly Round-up

Welcome to the round-up! Below are the posts we read, found interesting and loved this week in for a variety of reasons. Some of them were the MOST SHARED posts in retirement for the week. We think you’ll like them too.   The most shared posts in retirement last week. People are worried that Trump […]

4 Ways to Boost Your Savings for Retirement With a Private Business

Owning and operating a private business has always been a big part of the American dream. If you’re worried about boosting your savings for retirement, owning a private business could be the solution. There are a lot of different ways to become an entrepreneur, though some options are easier than others. Here are the 4 […]

5 Reasons to Keep Working After Retirement

Wondering how to transition to retirement? Maybe you shouldn’t. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 20% of Americans 65 and older are still working. That might sound like a sad statistic. But when you think about it, there’s a lot of reasons why a new career is the best way to transition […]

Happy New Year! Retirement Year In Review

Here are some of the most read, most shared posts on Retirement from around the web in 2016. The articles reflect what people are thinking about and concerned about when it comes to retirement. We wanted to make sure you didn’t miss any of them before moving on to 2017.   INVESTOPEDIA 8 Countries Where […]

Full-time Employment Is Going Extinct (And That’s The Good News)

If you’re a late-career professional, you have a lot to think about for retirement planning. You probably haven’t saved enough yet, and you worry about those Millennials out to get your job. Here’s some new research out of Harvard and Princeton that could add to your woes: 10 million jobs have created between 2005 and […]