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Retirement and the housing bubble: How to reshape your plan

Mark Miller — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:16:54 +0000

Before the housing bubble burst, retirement real estate was on a roll. Older Americans could leverage high housing prices to buy second homes, move to the Sun Belt, or just tap into equity to generate cash. The real estate crash of 2008 put a stop to all that. A recent report from The Joint Center for [...] Related posts:

Joining Reuters.com as a weekly contributor

Mark Miller — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:44:04 +0000

I’m very excited to let you know that I’ve joined Reuters.com as a weekly contributor on retirement, personal finance and public policy issues related to retirement. I’ll be posting at Reuters and continuing to write Retire Smart, my weekly column for Tribune Media Services. This week’s Reuters.com post looks at how deficit hawks are winning their [...] Related posts:

What 50+ entrepreneurs need to know about online reputation management

cbirk — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:37:25 +0000

Fortunes are made and businesses are forged on the Internet. It’s also where faceless anonyms get to rip your product or blast your brand with little consequence. That’s why online reputation management (ORM) has become increasingly important. ORM entails monitoring and managing public references to you, your product and your company. It can prove especially [...] Related posts:

Will you run out of money before you run out of years live?

Mark Miller — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:44:59 +0000

A new report by one of the nation’s most respected retirement research groups confirms the worst fears of pre-retirement Americans: Many of us are on track to run out of money before we run out of years to live. That’s the top-line finding of the 2010 Retirement Readiness Rating from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). [...] Related posts:

Praise for The Hard Times Guide: USA Today

Mark Miller — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:32:12 +0000

USA Today reviewed my new book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security, saying the book “pulls no punches,” on today’s sobering retirement landscape, and “offers ways to build long-term retirement security and boost knowledge on a broad array of topics from money issues, such as 401 (k) plans and managing health care expenses to [...] Related posts:

In U.S. News: Ways to make money in retirement

Mark Miller — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:28:53 +0000

Emily Brandon of U.S. News & Word Report offers suggestions for making extra cash in retirement, and includes one of the key suggestions from my book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security – working as an independent entrepreneur: Put your lifetime of accumulated experience to work by taking on consulting work. “By the time you are in your [...] Related posts:

Share your ideas on how to live cheap in retirement

Mark Miller — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:51:10 +0000

My friend Steve Vernon points out that cutting expenses can be one of the most important ways to achieve a secure retirement. In a post at CBS MoneyWatch, Steve writes that if you can’t generate much income in retirement, the best strategy is to act poor, including taking in a roommate or two, getting the [...] Related posts:

Income annuities are hot, but Charlie Farrell begs to differ

Mark Miller — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:00:08 +0000

Guaranteed retirement income has become a hot topic in the wake of the 2008 market crash, with financial planners and government policymakers alike looking for ways to reduce retiree exposure to equities and boost sources of guaranteed income. Much of the buzz has focused on the humble single premium income annuity (SPIA), which offers regular monthly [...] Related posts:

Talking about Hard Times Retirement on Chicago public television

Mark Miller — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:54:49 +0000

Chicago is blessed with one of the best daily local news and public affairs programs in the country–Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV. Last night, I joined host Phil Ponce to talk about my new book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security. We covered how working longer helps build long-term retirement security, encore careers, re-building damaged [...] Related posts:

On Chicago Tonight this evening

Mark Miller — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:36:17 +0000

I’ll be appearing this evening on Chicago Tonight, the local news and public affairs program on Chicago public television, to talk about The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security. The show airs at 7pm live, and I’ll post video online a bit later this week. Related posts:Talking about Hard Times Retirement on Chicago public televisionJoining The Huffington [...] Related posts: