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Set financial goals for retirement (Sun-Sentinel)

My wife and I have asked our financial adviser how much money we can expect to have monthly at retirement from our savings, and have not received even a clue from him. Instead, he asks us what we’ll need or want. That’s hard for us to answer.

My wife and I have asked our financial adviser how much money we can expect to have monthly at retirement from our savings, and have not received even a clue from him. Instead, he asks us what we’ll need or want. That’s hard for us to answer. The only conclusion I reach is that it’s easier for him to figure out how to come up with the total we tell him than to figure out what we can get from …

Delay retirement to grow savings, boost payments

Although a troubling number of executives and brokers with bailed-out firms still seem to be on track with an ultra-cushy retirement, yours might be derailed. Reality-check time: You probably won’t be able to retire when you hoped to unless you make a lot more money and save it. Since your retirement funds are probably ravaged, it’s no surprise that you may need to work longer.

Although a troubling number of executives and brokers with bailed-out firms still seem to be on track with an ultra-cushy retirement, yours might be derailed. Reality-check time: You probably won’t be able to retire when you hoped to unless you make a lot more money and save it. Since your retirement funds are probably ravaged, it’s no surprise that you may need to work longer. This is bitter …

Savings Game: Retirement planning based on individual circumstances (The Salt Lake Tribune)

A reader asks: My wife and I have asked our financial adviser how much money we can expect to have monthly at retirement from our savings, and have not received even a clue from him.

A reader asks: My wife and I have asked our financial adviser how much money we can expect to have monthly at retirement from our savings, and have not received even a clue from him.

Planning for retirement (The Star)

YOUNG parents Xavier Arumugam and Kavitha Nair has been putting aside a fixed sum every month into their savings accounts as part of their retirement nest egg after deducting expenses for the household, medical insurance as well as education plans for their children and house loan installment.

YOUNG parents Xavier Arumugam and Kavitha Nair has been putting aside a fixed sum every month into their savings accounts as part of their retirement nest egg after deducting expenses for the household, medical insurance as well as education plans for their children and house loan installment.