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How to save for short-term goals while keeping long-term ones in mind

You shouldn’t have to cross your fingers and hope for a strong stock market to coincide with your short-term goals

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025

Advisers, Take Note: How 2025 Social Security Changes May Impact Your Clients

What financial advisers might need to know to help their clients navigate Social Security in 2025.

Kiplinger · Apr 29, 2025

Labor defends plan to save $6.4bn by cutting more consultants as experts call it a ‘lazy option’

While the government’s savings are a ‘worthy target’, achieving them ‘may not be a straightforward process’, some say

The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025

How to Make Changing Interest Rates Work for Your Retirement

Higher (or lower) rates can be painful in some ways and helpful in others. The key is being prepared to take advantage of the situation.

Kiplinger · Apr 27, 2025

Market turmoil has many afraid to check retirement savings

As President Donald Trump's trade war has injected turmoil in financial markets, many retired and near-retired Americans are anxiously looking on, worried about outliving their savings or having to put off entries on their bucket lists

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2025

‘Waspi’ women warned over fake compensation websites

Sites ask for personal details for claims to process payouts that do not exist as government has ruled them out

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2025

Within Five Years of Retirement? Five Things to Do Now

If you're retiring in the next five years, your to-do list should contain some financial planning and, according to current retirees, a few life goals, too.

Kiplinger · Apr 26, 2025

Doing This With Your 401(k) Could Cost You $18,000

Your old 401(k) accounts may be slowly bleeding money — because the power of compounding can work against you, too.

Kiplinger · Apr 25, 2025

State pension: How to check yours, how to buy missing years and everything else you need to know

Figuring out what you’ll have saved up for retirement can be a daunting task – here’s what you need to know

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025

Inheritance tax rules have changed - here are three ways to give gifts without creating a big bill

Giving gifts to your loved ones during your lifetime could help trim any eventual IHT bill

The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2025