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GET YOUR SAVINGS IN GEAR
POP QUIZ
Think you know how to revive your retirement plan? Test your knowledge with our NEW quiz for 2009. And if you ace that one, try our previous quiz and our original quiz.
SAVINGS CALCULATOR
Estimate the future value of your retirement savings, and determine how much more you need to save each month to reach your goal.
SMART RETIREMENT PLANNING
You may have to save a little more and work a little longer. But you can still get there in good shape.
Preretirees and retirees have taken the brunt of the downturn. Here's how to make the best of it.
We advise one retired couple on how to protect their nest egg and recover losses. Put these ideas to work for you.
Work? Travel? Relocation? Follow a group of seminar participants as they piece together a retirement puzzle -- and find some answers for yourself.
Retirement is being redefined as millions of baby-boomers look forward to a new career.
GROW YOUR NEST EGG
From bear markets to big losses, we've got solutions to six common nest-egg woes.
Readers Joe and Susan Buchanan won't get pensions. What can they do to ensure a secure retirement?
Now you can funnel your credit-card rewards into retirement savings. It's a clever gimmick, but it will cost you.
Start piling up those Benjamins now. The road to $1 million starts early, but there's hope, and help, for late bloomers.
SAVVY TAX STRATEGIES
Should you choose a Roth or a traditional? A bit of both saves taxes now and later.
Converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA makes sense -- if you can take the tax hit.
Where you live can have a huge impact on your tax bill in ways that may surprise you.
If you earn too much to qualify in 2009, set your sights to convert to a Roth in 2010.
HEALTH CARE
Learn the rules and deadlines to get the most out of your health coverage.
Choosing among the dozen private Medigap insurance plans can be difficult.
You can slash your prescription-drug costs by employing a number of simple strategies.
In an effort to target baby-boomers, long-term-care insurance companies are offering stripped-down policies with big cost savings.
MAKE YOUR MONEY LAST
No company pension? You can create your own retirement savings well that never runs dry, no matter how long you live.
Turn your portfolio into an income stream with these withdrawal strategies.
New products hike payouts when costs rise, but they may not be worth the price.
Smooth out the highs and lows of interest rates, and the payouts you'll receive, by staggering your annuity purchases.
Members of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors answered your retirement-planning questions during our 2009 Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan live discussions in January. Read the transcripts to get the planners' advice.Read the transcripts
Senior Editor Mary Beth Franklin offersten easy ways
to get your retirement savings in gear.
Read the tips
Senior Editor Mary Beth Franklin offers the five best ways to build your retirement nest egg.
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