Retirement Planning

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RETIREMENT PLANNING

Retire Early Retire Early Online Magazine
www.retireearlyhomepage.com

CNN/Moneys retirement page
http://money.cnn.com/retirement

Kiplinger’s retirement page
http://kiplinger.com/yourretirement

Social Security
www.ssa.gov or specifically for women www.ssa.gov/women

Thinking about starting Socials Security early?
www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2/breakeven.htm

How much social security do you have now?
www.ssa.gov/mystatement

Factors That May Affect Your Benefits
www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2/qualify.htm

Government Pension Offset
www.socialsecurity.gov/retire2/gpo.htm

Help With Understanding Your Retirement Savings Plans
www.401khelpcenter.com www.403bwise.com

Another good source of information can be found through the Investor Information link located on the FINRA Home Page. If you look at the top, click on Investor Information then look in the left column, you will see a link to their 401(k) Learning Center, a very nice summary of the fundamentals.

Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SIMPLE IRA
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p590.pdf

www.rothira-advisor.com (including information about Traditional IRAs)

Retirement Plans for Small Businesses
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p560.pdf

Required Minimum Distribution
http://www.calctools.com/newrmd.htm

Planning for Health Care in Retirement
www.retireearlyhomepage.com/health.html

www.medicare.gov