Posts Tagged ‘retirement’

Q&A: Student Loan Concerns for Parents

Nov. 07 (Source: By Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) – Q. Should parents borrow against their retirement to pay for … Continue reading ? View full post on All Stories Incoming search terms:loan comment blogs

Financial Planning for Retirement Explored

The concept of retirement has changed drastically over the course of the past few decades. It seems that the classic concept of leaving work to sit at home living off a pension has evolved to say the least and you may be surprised to learn some of the reasons why. Well, to start with, we [...]

How to Make Sure You Secure a Comfortable Retirement

In these hard economic times planning ahead and sticking to your plans is a quite a challenge, but fundamental. My advice is that you need to begin planning for retirement the moment you land your first job. The notion that tomorrow never comes is misplaced, for me it is lack of focus. As we grow [...]

Defense Cuts Must Be Part of Nation’s Fiscal Solution, Secretary Says

Curtailing defense spending must be part of the solution for the nation’s financial woes, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in his last major policy speech before his June 30 retirement. View full post on All Stories

HL:Liberals promise to boost pensions, help people save for retirement@

WINNIPEG _ Call it hope versus fear, the Canadian edition.The last time the two emotions squared off in the political arena was during the 2008 U.S. presidential race.And in that battle, Democratic candidate Barack Obama and his simple “Yes we can” mantra trumped the scaremongering of Republican rival John McCain.Now Liberal leader View full post [...]

The man who made home loans possible in India!

HTP founded the Housing Development and Finance Corporation (HDFC), back in 1977, and for the first time made it possible for salary-earning, middle-class Indians to become home owners long before retirement. View full post on All Stories

Poll finds growing number of Americans have no savings or retirement funds

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – A recent Harris Poll found that thirty-four percent of Americans have no retirement savings and 27% have no personal savings. The findings mark an increase, when just 18 months ago those numbers were moderately lower, at 30% and 22% respectively. These [...]

Flaherty gives Canadian provinces 2015 deadline to wipe out deficits

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada (AHN) – Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Monday gave Canadian provinces until 2015 to wipe out their budget deficits. He encouraged the provinces to address their financial problems to avoid facing a debt crisis similar to what some European Union nations are grappling with. Most Canadian [...]

EPFO suspends new investments in LICHF

Retirement fund manager EPFO has decided to suspend further investments in the LIC Housing Finance till CBI completes investigations into the alleged involvement of its top official in the bribes-for-loans scam. View full post on All Stories

Raid on retirement funds should be last resort

At first blush, the vital signs suggest that the patient is neither in intensive care nor ready to be discharged. Yes, 401(k) loans and withdrawals rose slightly in the first half of 2010, but other s View full post on All Stories

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