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- Subject: re: Investing after retirement: How do I maximize income?
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:47:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.230148.556@rdii.com> jas@rdii.com (Jim Smith) writes:
- >My mother-in-law (a very nice lady) has decided at age 70 that she
- >has had enough and is selling her house in New Jersey and moving
- >to a retirement trailer park in Las Vegas.
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- >Jim Smith
- >--
- >jas@rdii.com | "If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing
- >Opinions (tm) property of | comes out but tomfoolery. But ... having passed
- >James A. Smith, Sr. Engineer | through a very expensive machine, ... no one
- >Racal-Dana Instruments Inc. | dares criticize it." Pierre Gallois
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- Knowing next to nothing you should begin reading magazines and books on
- investing for retirement. Your local Librarian should be able to help you
- find the section on investing money and they may have a sizable collection
- of subscriptions.
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- Unsollicited information from mutual fund companies should be thrown out
- and/or ignored. Every quarter many publications list all available mutual
- funds (surveyed by the Lipper financial service company) and their rank
- within dozens of categories (e.g. fixed income, growth, bio-tech, etc.).
- Again, ask your local Librarian for help.
-
- High current income usually equates to higher risk. Preservation of principle
- may not be a necessary part of your investment requirements but keep this
- in mind.
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- Beyond investing I have found it helpful for me to sit down with a few sheets
- of paper and my check book to determine where I spend my money and why. Paying
- for certain things on the 1st of the money and others on the 15th of the month
- (regardless of when the bills are due, remember most companies don't come
- after you until a bill is 30 - 60 days past due) helps coordinate income and
- outgo, it also drastically reduces the amount of time I spend tracking finances.
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- Once you know what, when and why money is being spent, draw up a long term
- budget (1, 3, 5, 10 years) with average expenses. This will tell you how
- much income is needed and/or how long your principle will last if you are
- getting 0% return. $10k/yr in expenses gets you 5 years of living off of
- $50k. $5k/yr covers 10 years, etc. Now factor in a flat 5% return ($2500)/yr,
- and this tells you that an additional $7500 to $2500 has to come from
- somewhere.
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- Homework first before looking at particular companies will save you a great
- deal of worry.
-
- 2 cents worth
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- barry
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