A few weeks ago, I responded to a reader’s question about How To Start Saving For Retirement At 40. In that post, I made mention that you can’t really save for retirement – you must invest for retirement. I also said that it’s beneficial to have an understanding of the basics of investing, even [...]
What a year it’s been!
As the history books close on 2009, I thought it might be nice to take a look back on the topics that were hot on Simple Debt-Free Finance over the past year.
401(k) Plans.
2009 saw a lot of talk about the future of the 401(k). It seems only natural, given that it [...]
I originally wrote this article back in January for the Saving Advice Blog, but I’ve seen a lot of chatter recently about it again – including this issue of Time magazine – and I feel very strongly about protecting individual retirement savings from the government, so I thought I’d go on the record here [...]
Here’s a story near and not so dear to my heart titled, How Much You Lose When Your Employer Cuts Your 401(k) Match
It hit close to home because a few weeks ago I received an email from my corporate masters informing me that 401(k) matching contributions were “on hold indefinitely” so as to provide [...]
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