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Half of Canadian entrepreneurs worry about retirement and succession planning, finds study(NC)-About half of Canadian owner-managers say they're concerned about retirement and succession planning, according to a recent study by Grant Thornton LLP. These business leaders say they're most focused on providing adequate financial resources for their retirement. Securing their "legacy" as business owners in the community is less of a worry, they say. Other retirement priorities for entrepreneurs:Ensuring a smooth business transitionIdentifying a suitable successorFinding the time to develop a succession planFor more information, read ...

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It is a common question when investors review their retirement plan?should we include social security benefits into our retirement income projections?It seems the closer an investor is to retirement, the more likely he/she will include social security benefits into the analysis. Younger investors, however, may feel compelled to omit such benefits. They must then become mavericks on the retirement front. The choice is yours, but before you decide the influence of social security on your future, remember the following points:When Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the social security act in 1935, he stated that social security gives some ...

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(ARA) - If you've delayed planning for retirement because it makes you feel a) old or b) financially inept, think again. With a little foresight, you could be out there enjoying life like other people -- maybe even before you reach the so-called "retirement age."Like many people in the prime of life, it's not unusual to think of retirement as such a distant idea that you avoid saving for it until next week, next year, next job. After all, who's got time to think about the "R" word? In reality, it's never too late, or too early, to start planning for retirement.Retirement used to be defined as what a person was no longer doing. More and ...

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I am a native of Tidewater Virginia, which encompasses counties and towns in the Chesapeake Bay area from Virginia Beach, to Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg and New Kent County. Even before I entered the real estate profession I watched the real estate market change and evolve over many decades. The Tidewater area, which includes Greater Williamsburg, is a pleasant location for retirement mainly because of the temperate climate and convenient location on the Eastern seaboard. Many military retirees who have served much of their career in the area simply opt to stay in Southeastern Virginia when they retire.Find a REALTOR Who Knows the ...

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Of the 75 million baby boomers nearing retirement today, many are:Debt RiddenSeverely unprepared for retirementUnder FundedWithout a StrategyThis is a very serious problem in a country that we can all remember used to assure most people of a retirement where you are taken care of financially.We all know that social security alone is not the answer to this problem. Many baby boomers are on the cusp of retirement without the ability to pay their basic living expenses with the money they will have coming in after retirement.This means most will be looking for jobs to compensate, or they will be looking for extensions of their ...

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Imagine New Kent County, Virginia, a quiet rural area located between Richmond and Williamsburg Virginia, as a place for retirement?New Kent County?s rural scenery and serenity coupled with its proximity to Richmond and another historic town, Williamsburg, make it perfectly situated for retirement. New Kent County is also the home of Martha Washington, wife of George Washington and one of our founding mothers. There are many notable historic sites in New Kent County to visit, and one of the oldest Native American reservations, inhabited by the Mattaponi, is located here. Keep reading, because there are other attractions that make New Kent ...

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The financial security umbrella that most wage earners would like to shelter under after retirement is now leaking very badly indeed! Money savvy experts block up news channels and advertisement spaces with offers of transforming the average citizen into a healthy, wealthy and wise investor; advocates of ?parting with your money? do house calls alongside those selling vacuum cleaners and the sole ?wanted? letter fights for attention in the mail box amongst the hundreds of once-in-a lifetime offers of richness!News these days is very negative regarding government pension schemes! They blame it on either too many old people one day, not ...

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In the past most people never retired. They died. The average life expectancy was much less than it is these days, and there were no financial planners around to help people save up enough to quit work. As recently as the 1960?s, if you did manage to save up enough money to retire, you?d be lucky to live another 5 or 6 years before you kicked the bucket. This made financial planning for retirement a little easier because you really only needed enough income for a few years.Nowadays, if you retire, chances are you can live forever. Well, it can seem like forever?especially if you haven?t saved up enough money. It is a daunting task, ...

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