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You need to provide the bulk of your own income during retirement. Additionally, you would like the money set aside to be at least equal...

There is a correlation between asset return and risk. When seeking higher return or reward you normally assume larger risks. We define...

Compounding is where the positive or negative return is dependent upon both the starting amount, or principle, as well as the return. ...

Assets need to grow above the inflation rate in order to grow at all. Inflation is the biggest worry when trying to grow assets for...

The amount you need to retire depends upon the length of retirement, inflation rate and anticipated return on money used for retirement....

You will need about 70% of your pre-retirement income in retirement to maintain your standard of living, yet, for average earnings,...

Here is a breakdown on where the typical paycheck goes: taxes 20%, insurance 12%, transportation 19%, housing 30%, utilities 6% and...

For an even broader understanding of economic trends, we can can go back even further. Adam Smith is widely considered to be the father...

Investors look to share in economic growth. In order to understand where the economy may be going, it is useful to understand where it...

The model life is divided into three phases: 1) being supported prior to being independent, 2) supporting yourself during your earning...