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From MarketWatch:

Planning for retirement? You should also plan for inflation: The cost of living is rising, and it’s all the more reason you should factor inflation into retirement plans. Here’s what to know.

Love and money: How your relationship with your spouse and your finances are connected: Money can be a major source of tension in any relationship, but it doesn’t have to be that way. 

Is a bucket strategy superior to the 4% rule?: There are many ways to draw down retirement savings, but which is best?

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What inflation means for your retirement 

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How to get good help with claiming Social Security — when and how you claim can be the difference between a decent retirement and a terrible one 

The 12 best destinations to retire on Mexico’s Caribbean coast

Retired but eager to resume part-time work? Here’s how to find the right gig 

Am I lonesome? ‘I’m fine. I’m fine.’ How single men can prepare to age alone. 

The perils of portfolio allocation for retirement savers 

More in retirement news:

How the pandemic forged new FIRE followers, with a difference (The New York Times

3 intriguing words on retirement from Stephen Breyer (The Washington Post

Federal workers to gain access to ESG in retirement portfolios (Roll Call)

Taxes in retirement and Roth IRA conversions: What to know (Barron’s)

AIG to sell life and retirement unit stake to Blackstone, another with IPO (Reuters)

The most important retirement planning question you need to answer (Forbes)

Research and Insight:

Research shows people spending less in retirement than needed — here’s why (Yahoo! Finance)

Further proof that auto-enrollment is key to saving earlier for retirement (401(k) Specialist Magazine)

Retirement, once on track, now derailed for many (Credit Union Times)

Americans’ retirement-saving habits diverge along racial lines (Pensions & Investments)

Retirees’ home equity: Useful but unused (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College)

To share with your family, friends and clients:

Lonely seniors may die 5 years early

These are the 3 elements of a happy retirement 

When should I claim Social Security? When do I need to sign up for Medicare?

401(k) participants flourished in 2020 with a soaring stock market 

As more retirees flee urban life, here’s what to know about retiring to a rural area 

Upcoding is ‘an epidemic’ and ‘the most common type of accepted fraud’ — why you should never pay that first medical bill 

8 inflation tips for your savings, investments and retirement planning This state sees age as an asset and wants to put older residents to work

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