Saving for Retirement
Everyone wants to retire with a certain income. A great way to see if you are on track for a good and stable retirement is to calculate how much you save per year times how many years you will be working.
There are many different plans for retirement such as a 401(k), IRA, 403(b), or 457.
A thing to remember about saving for retirement is that you should start as early as possible. Younger people should lean more towards stocks and mutual funds or invest in higher risk things because they are young, but should still have reserve cash and some money in more secure things such as bonds. Older people should gradually shift from stocks towards mainly bonds since they will be using the money soon for retirement.
Some great resources on types of retirement plans are:
http://www.irs.gov/retirement/sponsor/article/0,,id=155347,00.html
http://www.investorguide.com/igu-article-748-types-of-retirement-plans.html
http://retireplan.about.com/
http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/
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