Retirement Planning Services – Mundelein
For the people in "Generation X" - defined as individuals born between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s - retirement planning may sound like something your mother and father or other "old people" might do. But you know what? With a lot of "baby boomers" either already in the middle of retirement or observing it in the near future, "Generation X" is the next generation of individuals to reach old age. Sure, it's still a ways off, but people in their 30s and 40s should begin centering their investment planning on retirement and ensuring they've got the type of retirement they are working hard to enjoy. Below are great tips on planning for retirement:
Retirement life in the future will be different than the retirement of today. It'll be better in some ways, and worse in some ways. However, the retirement planning for today's workforce must be far different than it was in yesteryear.
On the bright side, individuals are living longer than ever. As of not too long ago, the average life span of an American was 77.9 years, exactly 2.5 years greater than the average life span in 1990 and more than four years more than the average life span in 1980. So investment planning for retirement has to account for a longer period of time now than a generation or two ago.
Social Security and Retirement - Mundelein
On the down side, Social Security will probably be a far less dependable income source than it is now. And the likelihood is slim-and getting slimmer every year-that retirees 20 and 30 years from now will be able to rely on a work pension and enjoy lifetime benefits from their previous employer. More and more, retirees will have to depend on their savings to pay for the costs of living and medical health insurance.
With folks living longer and needing extra money to do so, retirement planning is a vital activity even for those who are half way to the standard retirement age of sixty-five. It may be a daunting task to plan for a couple of decades into the future, particularly with bills, rents and home loans to pay today, but procrastinating will not make it any less difficult.
Placing even just a little bit of cash into a savings account that works as a retirement savings plan can pay off later on. The interest you receive on money in a savings account will allow your preliminary investments to grow to something sustainable. A savings account will offer a place where you can pile up capital earning a small interest rate until there's enough to invest in a trusted security that will yield you more like a municipal bond.
Another solid approach that can surely and steadily build a nest egg is to invest in long-term bonds. On maturation of the bond, you will get back your initial investment and also all the interest that collected over the lifetime of the bond. This is a significant amount of money for a 20- or 30-year bond-money that can provide a good foundation for retirement. And a municipal or government bond is really as safe an investment as you can ever make.
401K and IRA With Retirement - Mundelein
Nevertheless, the best approach when it comes to retirement planning would be to put cash in a 401K plan at your workplace or in an IRA opened with an investment house. For those for whom a 401K isn't a retirement planning choice, an IRA is the next best thing. Money put into this account is tax deferred and may be tax-deductible, depending on how much is invested annually.
For more details, please do not hesitate to contact GC Financial Advisors Ltd. at any time and we'll be glad to help you! We offer 401K and IRA rollover and review services for individuals in the Mundelein area.
