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Retirement

Retirement is not a destination, but another milestone on your Financial Mutant journey. Our goal is to provide you with the tools and resources to ensure that you are not only on-track for retirement, but know the why behind your retirement goals.

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How Much Do I Need To Retire?

It’s a question anyone that’s serious about investing for retirement has asked themselves a thousand times: how much do I need to retire? Savers often want a direct, straightforward answer, like “You need $1,529,651 invested to retire.” Unfortunately, coming up...

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4 Expenses That Could Go Up in Retirement

Once you enter retirement, you may not spend as much as you did while you were working. Even if you spend the same amount as you did while working, you would not need to replace 100% of your pre-retirement income, as you no longer need to save for retirement (and...

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How Much Should I Be Saving for Retirement?

How much is enough? 10%? 20%? 30%? Is it possible to save too much for retirement? How much money should you be saving and investing for retirement? There’s no broad consensus. The general rule of thumb is to save and invest around 15% of your gross income; others,...

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Will Social Security Be Around When You Retire?

Social Security is a vital lifeline for millions of retired Americans, but it is also on shaky ground. Will it be there when you retire? Social Security is a topic that gets people fired up. When asking what someone thinks of Social Security, you might hear that...

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