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Seniors – Keep Your Allocations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Vanguard’s Personal Financial Planner thought I should change invest all my retirement money in bonds when I moved it from my 401K to an IRA. We are all different, with differing financial situations, goals and tolerances, but we are all statistically living longer as well. CNN Money is one site that acknowledges this.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

However, I haven’t learned this lesson too well, as I still have the second plan, which is a 401K. My plan for after retirement was always to get into something new – a franchise, the storage unit business, or residential real estate, and in addition, to develop a web site to help people deal with wealth.