Wandering the Web

I plan to write a "Wandering the Web" post weekly, linking to articles that caught my eye during the previous week.  I invite you to comment on the articles or on my choices of articles, or about any finanicial articles that have caught your eye this week.

Social Security will be the base for most retirees.  This article gives Four strategies to boost Social Security benefits.

Stocks and bonds are backbone of most people's investements, but are there other alternatives?  This article discusses hedge funds. 

I've recently begun investing in peer-to-peer loans.  30 experts give their three top tips for people considering this invesment.

Most of us are looking for good advice, but recongizing bad advice can be as important as taking good advice.  Here are eight pieces of bad advice. 

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We have all heard the jokes about adult kids living in their parents' basements.  Unfortunately, supporting adult children (some of whom clearly don't need it) has made saving for retirement difficult for some parents.  

Like most other things, retirement works better if you have a plan.  Here is a "to-do" list.

Saving for retirment is tough enough if you make good money.  If you don't there is a tax credit that can help.  

That's all for this week.

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