We don’t talk nearly enough about what retirement looks like – or how to plan for it – if you don’t have a lot of money.
I turned 50 at the start of this year,and it’s been the trigger I needed to get serious about my own retirement plan.
Once you change the way you look at retirement,$1 million stops being a finish line. It’s just one number,at one point along the path.
People who’ve had long,successful careers are lying awake wondering whether their number is coming up before they’re ready.
A growing number of Australians are putting off retirement as costs rise,with research showing millions will be unable to retire once they turn 67.
Australia’s system favours home ownership,so you may need to look towards buying a home to afford your retirement.
For those in retirement or nearing it,the looming crisis spurred by the US and Israel’s war on Iran is forcing them to shelve or reschedule their plans.
Tony Greaves said his mother wouldn’t have grasped the significance of the fees charged by the NSW Trustee and Guardian when she used their free will service.
For people approaching retirement a market shock just before they leap,or early in retirement,can also become a personal financial shock.
Within just a fortnight,almost every key number in Australia’s retirement system has either changed,or is about to.