Is a Roth IRA Conversion Right for You? byMark Miller, Sunday, February 28, 2010 2010 is the year of the Roth IRA conversion. But is a Roth right for you? Read More
Paying Off Your Mortgage Can Boost Cash Flow in Retirement byMark Miller, Thursday, February 18, 2010 Most planners now advise clients to focus on debt reduction as one of the best investments you can make in retirement security. Should you carry a mortgage into retirement? Before the economic crash last year, financial planners advised many pre-retirement and retired investors to invest any free cash in stocks, rather than pay down a mortgage. Read More
How Much Money Will You Really Need to Retire? byMark Miller, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 The old income-replacement rule of thumb calls for replacing 80 percent of your annual pre-retirement income. But it’s a rough estimate--and wrong for our hard-times economy. Read More
Career Change Roadmap 2010 byMark Miller, Wednesday, December 23, 2009 How to get started on a new career? A new free guide answers 12 key questions Read More
What Does it Take to Break into Health Care? byMark Miller, Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Health care jobs are expected to continue growing rapidly through 2016; here’s how you can break into the field. Read More
How to Find the Best Age-Friendly Employers byMark Miller, Friday, November 20, 2009 The Great Recession is pushing older workers to postpone retirement, but will employers accommodate them? Read More
From Actuary to Educator: Steve Vernon's Leap into Midlife Entrepreneurship byMark Miller, Friday, November 13, 2009 After a career giving pension advice to corporations, Steve Vernon retired early to educate others about the next phase of life. Read More
5 Tips for Midlife Career Change byMark Miller, Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Experts say it’s important not to rush into a midlife career change. Develop a process that includes friends and advisers, and stick to it. Read More
How to Make the Switch to a Green Career byMark Miller, Friday, November 6, 2009 Green careers will be one of the fastest-growing employment categories in the years ahead. Here’s how you can make the switch. Read More
Seeking to Start a Farm, Tim Will Finds a New Career Creating Jobs byMark Miller, Friday, November 6, 2009 New Career: Tim Will’s plan to become an organic farmer detoured into incubating businesses and retraining workers to get an economically depressed region back on its feet. Read More
COBRA health insurance subsidy may be extended byMark Miller, Friday, October 30, 2009 The federal government is considering an extension of the federal subsidy of COBRA health insurance benefits for laid-off workers Read More
How to Avoid the Most Common Midlife Job-Hunting Mistakes byMark Miller, Friday, October 30, 2009 In a new report, an organizational behavior specialist explains how to avoid common midlife job-hunting mistakes and improve your odds of getting hired. Read More
Are You Planning for Retirement? byMark Miller, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Planning for retirement lags Read More
Five Great Second Careers byMark Miller, Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Five great second careers: the tough economy hasn’t forced boomers to give up their dream of encore careers with meaning. Read More
Social Security: the Compelling Case Against Filing for Early Benefits byMark Miller, Saturday, May 2, 2009 If you wait longer to start receiving social security, chances are that you will end up with more money for your retirement. Read More
After the Crash, A New Realism Emerges About Retirement byMark Miller, Saturday, May 2, 2009 Boomers are focusing more on saving, planning and sharing in retirement, replacing materialism with a renewed search for meaning. Read More
5 Things to Remember if You Lose Your 401(k) Match byMark Miller, Saturday, May 2, 2009 Insight and advice on what to do if your employer reduces or eliminates its 401(k) match to your individual retirement contributions Read More
Lose Your Health Insurance? A Guide to COBRA Coverage byMark Miller, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Health insurance can be a big challenge in a career transition. Understanding your options under COBRA may help. Read More
Interview: Finding an Executive Job at a Nonprofit byMark Miller, Monday, April 20, 2009 How to transition from the business world to the nonprofit sector. Read More
Best Remedy for Retirement Security: Don't Retire byMark Miller, Wednesday, March 4, 2009 If you're worried about your financial security in retirement, here's one solution: Work a little longer. Read More
Picking a Financial Planner? 10 Questions to Ask byMark Miller, Wednesday, March 4, 2009 A financial planner can be enormously valuable in crafting a strong retirement plan. But the field is largely unregulated, so it’s critical that you ask the right questions. Read More
A Depressed Market Is an Ideal Time for Roth IRA Conversions byMark Miller, Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Aided by a downturn in the financial markets, you can save big on the income taxes you’d normally incur by removing funds from a tax-deferred IRA and converting them into a Roth IRA. Read More
How to Deal with a Bear Market Near Retirement Age byMark Miller, Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Even if you’re at or near retirement age, selling in a panic is the worst mistake you can make in a bear market. Read More