Have large sums for retirement guidance. Maybe you don’t have to do that. This 7-part series on wealth will give you the tools to make a lot more financial decisions on your own.

#1: Put It All In One Fund

This cheap index fund is an excellent one-step, five-minute answer to your portfolio needs.


#2: Create Your Own Yield

You don’t have to buy those complicated, fee-saturated Wall Street products that promise big payouts. Instead, create your own payout.


#3: Don’t Buy A Long-Term Care Policy

We have two better ways to fund nursing care.


#4: Cut Your Portfolio Management Costs

Are you paying 1% or 2% to have your money invested? Why?


#5: Pay Off Your Mortgage Rapidly

The Trump tax cut means that debt is for losers. Get rid of your mortgage.\


#6: Moonlight

Take up a second career and take advantage of these tax breaks for the self-employed.\


#7: Count Your Blessings

What makes a retirement happy? We veer off the money track.

 

 

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