Want to know what the number ONE retirement obstacle is?  Is it the lack of money?  Is it the lack of the discipline to save?  Is it something else?  Listen to Todd Sadowski and Katrina Robertson as they candidly discuss this topic!

Today we discuss three pitfalls of retirement planning.  Some recent studies show that most people overestimate how much they can withdraw from their retirement accounts each year, underestimate how long they will live, and have flaws in their 401(k) portfolios.  We address each of these issues on today's broadcast.

Today we review seven tips to help you plan for a successful retirement. We talk about diversification, consistency, rolling your 401(k) to an IRA before you retire, staying out of debt, choosing the right investments, monitoring your progress, and converting your IRA to a Roth IRA. We aslo go over a Biblical screen of Hershey's Company.

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What does God's Word have to say about retirement? In today's show, we look at retirement from God's perspective and review a few practical retirment tips for your family. We also review two Evalueator Christian investment reports for a couple of very common mutual funds: Vanguard 500 Index and Vanguard Windsor II.

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The following article by guest author Sam Savage, senior research associate at Stanford University, is a must read for anyone planning for retirement. It addresses the problem of relying upon average returns for your calculations. We at Christian Financial Principles employ the Monte Carlo Simulation and Nobel Prize winning calculations by Harry Markowitz mentioned in the article. Consider contacting us for real life, common sense solutions for your retirement planning needs.