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Tag: retirement finances

  • Important tips to help protect your retirement savings

    Important tips to help protect your retirement savings

    Planning your retirement can feel a little daunting. You’ll want to ensure that you are financially secure, and figure out the best way to protect your retirement savings. As you transition into retirement you need to adapt strategies that protect you from significant financial losses in your later years due to mistakes exploitation or fraud.…

  • How buying a house helps with retirement planning

    How buying a house helps with retirement planning

    Many people can’t decide what is best when they become financially secure enough to buy a house. Sure, it’s nice to own your own property, but do you really want to be in debt for decades with a mortgage? You’re happy renting a flat or house, so what’s the point in buying a home?! Well,…

  • You don’t need a lot of money to start investing

    You don’t need a lot of money to start investing

    A lot of us think that investing is something that only the wealthy can partake in. While it’s true that you need a lot of money to invest in some assets like property and gold, there are other forms of investment that don’t require spending as much money upfront. In fact, you can start investing…

  • Ten questions about money

    Ten questions about money

    I am joining other bloggers for ten on the tenth. April is the start of a new financial year so it is apt that this month’s questions were all about money.

  • Why you should avoid Bitcoin

    Why you should avoid Bitcoin

    The soaring price of Bitcoin is incredibly damaging for the planet

  • Saving money on life’s essentials

    Saving money on life’s essentials

    We all have those essential items – food, clothing, shelter – that are truly vital to living a good life. Many of us believe that saving lots of money on these essentials is a tough thing to do, but that really doesn’t have to be the case. Saving money on life’s essentials can be pretty…

  • Home working successfully after retirement

    I  retired just over a year ago but found I missed the stimulation and I will admit the money from working.   I wondered if there were any interesting home working opportunities that would offer a reasonable rate of pay to older people for a few hours work a week.  After a bit of googling,…