Employees of small businesses often end up left out of employer-sponsored retirement plans simply because small businesses do not have the funds available to provide this type of benefit for their employees or small business owners do not know the different retirement plan options available to them. However, small businesses owners can create simple retirement plans to assist employees in their retirement planning. Below is an outline of two different simple approaches for retirement plan comparison. (more…)

In the simplest sense, a retirement plan is your formula for determining what you want your retirement source of income to be and how you will finance that income. That retirement money doesn’t accumulate overnight; on the contrary, you will probably have to stick to your retirement plan for most of your adult life. Working on your retirement plan is called retirement planning.

Your retirement plan involves at least three things:

Goals : The first step in retirement planning involves setting realistic goals for your retirement. You probably have a vision of what you want your retirement to be like, but you also need to have a reasonable expectation about the lifestyle you’ll have when you retire — a practical and realistic goal of what retirement can be for you. (more…)