I recently spoke with writer Rachel Koning Beals about playing catch-up with retirement savings. Her finished piece has lots of good information, including several actionable tips:
- Late to the Game? How to Ramp Up Retirement Investing in Your 40s and 50s at U.S. News and World Report
Investing Articles
- Don’t Rely on Predicting the Future from The White Coat Investor
- My Top Investment Picks for the Future from Darrow Kirkpatrick
- A Viable Variable Annuity? from Allan Roth
- Tax-Adjusted Asset Allocation from Mel Lindauer
- Apple and The Dividend Puzzle from Canadian Couch Potato
- Prediction: Apple will Reach $2,000 as the Dow Doubles from Rick Ferri
- Why You Should Avoid Preferred Stocks from Larry Swedroe
Other Money-Related Articles
- Is Social Security Broke or Not? from Steve Vernon
Blog Carnivals
- Best of Money Carnival hosted by Young Adult Finances
- Self-Directed Investing for Retirement hosted by AAAMP Blog
- Carnival of Financial Camaraderie hosted by My University Money
- Totally Money Blog Carnival hosted by My Personal Finance Journey
- Carnival of Financial Planning hosted by Thriftability
- Carnival of Wealth hosted by Control Your Cash
- Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by EE Musings
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Hi. I'm Mike Piper, the author of this blog. I'm a CPA and the author of several personal finance books. The point of this blog is to show that investing doesn't have to be complicated. 
What did you think about the Variable annuity v/s fixed annuity based on Allan Roth’s article?
John,
Personally, I think the primary purpose of a lifetime annuity should be to guarantee a certain level of income. As a result — aside from rare tax planning purposes for variable annuities — I wouldn’t buy an annuity without inflation adjustments. (And Vanguard’s “guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit” does not come with an inflation adjustment.)