Kennedy Retirement Solutions - Mike Kennedy

Seven Lessons for New Retirees, From a New Retiree The former editor of Kiplinger Personal Finance shares key financial takeaways from his first year of retirement.

Things to Do When Retired and Bored Here are 13 ways to prepare now for retirement so that you’ll be happy, active, fulfilled and never, ever bored.

How to Retire Early in Six Steps Here is the secret sauce for how to retire early. Just be sure it's what you really want.

8 Great Places for Snowbirds to Land These affordable warm-weather cities for snowbirds offer plenty of housing options, abundant activities for retirees and access to good health care.

Key to a Happy Retirement? Finding Yourself Embracing your identity and purpose in retirement can help you avoid negative behaviors that thwart your happiness, joy and well-being.

Having Enough Money for Retirement Still a Top Concern, But Moods Are Changing A new Gallup poll gets into Americans' perceived top financial problems.

Is There a Best Day of the Year to Retire? Taking into consideration the time of the month and the time of the year can make a difference in your retirement income.

Niche Retirement Communities Are Growing — Are They Right for You? From RV enthusiasts to Jimmy Buffett fans to yogis, there's a niche retirement community for almost everyone.

How to Have a Happy Retirement These eight tips for a happy retirement are backed by solid evidence.

Three Steps Help Ensure Your Money Lasts in Retirement With people living longer, retirement lasts longer, and that means we can’t afford to run out of money before we run out of life. What to do?

What Every Woman Needs to Know Before Retiring Women live longer than men and generally make less money. This affects how they should prepare for retirement.

The Five Stages of Retirement (and How to Skip Three of Them) Getting the first step wrong inevitably means you’ll go through stages three through five. Get step one right, and it’s a two-step process.

12 Surprisingly Great Places to Retire in the Midwest Here are our retirement picks in the 12 midwestern states. Some (if not all) are sure to surprise you.

Retirement Tips for 2024 From Five Retirement Experts From Rothifying IRAs to navigating changing tax laws, these fiduciary advisers share the recommendations they’re making to their clients this year.

Retirees’ Anti-Bucket List: 10 Experiences You Don’t Want Your retirement bucket list is no doubt packed with fun stuff, so let’s discuss how to help ensure you don’t get blindsided by things that could be prevented.

Retirement Account Moves to Make Before December 31 You can make retirement account moves before year-end. Consider topping off your contributions and taking your RMDs.

Top Holiday Destinations for Retirees in 2023 Forget your family's home — these are the best destinations for the holidays.

Five Ways to Give Your Retirement Purpose Doing something you love, volunteering, working part time or devoting time to some other appealing activity in retirement can have positive health benefits.

Stages of Retirement: It’s Not Just About Your Savings Leaving behind the full-time job probably sounds pretty good, but planning for the transition involves more than having your finances in order.

Are You Being Too Frugal in Retirement? Many people are so afraid of running out of money in retirement that they don’t fully enjoy their life. Here are four tips if fear is holding you back.

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Your Retirement Reckoning: Four Questions to Ask Prepare for your moment of liberation from the daily grind, aka retirement, with the answers to these important questions about your next phase in life.

Most Americans Expect To Outlive Their Money In Retirement. Will You? Retirees and those 50 and up fear declining finances in older age, report shows. Less than 20% expect to maintain a comfortable lifestyle in retirement.

How to Overcome Identity Loss in Retirement It's not unusual to mourn the person you were before retirement.

Congratulations on Your Retirement: Here's How to Find Your Joy Knowing how you want to spend your time in retirement and having a sense of purpose can prevent you from feeling unmoored and isolated.

Nervously Nearing Retirement? Four Do’s, Four Don’ts and One Never With so many critical decisions to make and lots of opinions to consider, here are some common-sense tips to keep you on track.

Glass-Half-Empty Retirement Outlook? Here’s Some Advice Three financial advisers who specialize in retirement income planning offer some guidance aimed at trying to ease the concerns of soon-to-be retirees.

Five Common Retirement Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Is your view of wealth distorted? Is all your money in tax-deferred accounts? Are you hoping for unrealistic market returns? Don’t let these and other errors cost you in the long run.