Best of Free Money Finance: Retirement Posts

Here's a list of what I consider to be some of the best retirement related posts here at Free Money Finance (sorry this is long, but there's lots of good stuff here. I'll try to update this more frequently so it's not so big a list next time):

General Retirement

• How to Retire Rich: Use the Power of Compounding

• Save Now, Retire Rich

• 10 Tips to a Prosperous Retirement

• The Best Age to Start Social Security

• Three Ways to Make Sure Your Retirement Savings Outlasts You

• Why You Need a Roth IRA

• Ten Ways to Pay for Retirement

• Free Money Finance Guide to Saving for Retirement

• Save Money by Retiring in Dirt-Cheap Buenos Aires

• The Keys to a Great and Prosperous Retirement

• Top 10 Things to Know About Retirement Planning

Planning for Retirement

• How Much Do You Need to Save for Retirement?

• The Real Retirement Secret (How to Maximize Your Retirement Savings)

• Setting Your Retirement Number

401ks

• Tips for a Great 401k

• Advantages of a 401k

• Making the Most of Your 401k

• Why Contributing to Your 401k is Vital to Your Financial Health

• Retirement Dynamic Duo: 401k and Roth IRA

• Figuring Out Your 401k

• The Money Move You Must Get Right: Rollover Your 401k the Right Way

• What to Do with Your 401k Money: Roll It Over into an IRA

• Company Stock in Your 401k (How Much You Should Invest)

Working Longer (Postponing Retirement)

• An Easier Way to Fund Your Retirement

• Funding Retirement: "Keep Working" May Make Sense, but Isn't Always Practical or Realistic

• Alternatives to Retiring that Will Make Your Money Last Longer

• Don't Retire, Keep Working

• 7 Reasons Not to Retire

Retiring Early

• A Simple Guide to Retiring Early

• How to Retire Early

Comments

[Karen Allbright]

I have been scanning (quickly) your topics on retirement / income and notice that most of the postings are about 401k issues. Well, I have already used that option up! I am trying to make a decision on my pension money from the company where I worked for 27 years. I am 60 and only employed part time and have many problems keeping up with things like property taxes and utilities plus I need some fairly expensive repairs done to my home and property. My options for the pension money are lump sum and monthly checks. I am really worried about what to do and have concerns that my family (a mother and a sister) will not get any of the money if something happens to me because the beneficiary rules on the plan. Can you shed some light on this dark view?

[FMF]

Karen --

I'll post your question next week for my readers to comment on. I'm sure they'll give you some great suggestions!