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How much do you need to save for retirement?
Worried you’re not saving enough for retirement? Fidelity Investments has some new easy rules of thumb to make sure you’re not too far behind. The guidelines state that by age 35, you should have one times your annual salary saved up for retirement. Five years later, you should have two ...
Women have different retirement planning needs than men
I have some disturbing news where women are definitely not living life equal to men. Women tend to live five years live longer than men on average. Yet they save far more less money for retirement than men, and they tend to invest too conservatively. When you just save money, ...
A better investing approach for women
Heads up, ladies! Your investment needs are different than a man's. Clark tells you what you need to do as an investor, and also names two common parking spots for your money that are NOT so good for your retirement.
Investment clubs making a comeback?
An old idea in investing that I used to talk about in the '80s and '90s could be the right idea again for you. There's something called investment clubs that used to be so popular. That's where you sit down with others, typically in a hotel meeting room or somebody's ...
The benefits of targeted retirement portfolios
Once upon a time, Americans worked for a single employer for an entire lifetime and got a pension for their years of service. Back then, you didn't have to save for retirement or make any of the accompanying investment decisions. Today, only government jobs and a small number of large ...
Vanguard crosses $2 trillion asset mark
Vanguard now has $2 trillion in assets while many of the other bigs in the investment community are seeing their assets going down. By one measure, Vanguard's investment assets are up 80% over the last 36 months. What makes them so special? What are they doing right? Vanguard is like ...
Younger investors scared off by the stock market
A big chunk of younger investors are exiting the stock market or moving their long-term retirement money to supposedly "safe" investments, according to a new survey from Charles Schwab. It's no surprise they're fearful of world economic collapse and possibly watching the money they've worked so hard to save going ...
Should you buy Facebook stock as its value slips?
Facebook has had an underwhelming performance after its initial public offering (IPO) several weeks ago with its stock having lost a third of its value. Does that mean that now is the time for you to buy? Not so fast... Before the IPO, I urged caution. Technology IPOs where stock that's held ...
Young households hit hardest by the recession
CLARKONOMICS: The Great Recession was brutal to 35-44 year olds. So how do you rebuild? I've got advice for you. New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that so-called young households lost roughly 60% of net worth from 2005 to 2010. By comparison, the average family lost roughly a ...
Lack of pensions, less Social Security mean Americans have to save more for retirement
CLARKONOMICS: All through the years, I've told you to save a dime of every dollar you make through your working lifetime to prepare for retirement. But that number could be going up, according to the latest word from some financial gurus. Let's face it: Private company pensions are going the ...
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