Retirement Smarts For Educators

A Forbes article shares real-life examples of what happens when you fail to save enough for retirement:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jrose/2017/01/27/9-financial-advisors-what-happens-when-you-dont-save-for-retirement/

9 Financial Advisors Share What Happens When You Don't Save For Retirement Don't want to save for retirement? Think again! 9 real life financial advisors share actual horror stories on what it looks like to not save for the future.

The cost of raising a child today? $233,000, according to the federal government. Read more @ the CSM:

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2017/0110/Yikes!-In-the-US-parenting-now-costs-233K-per-child

Yikes! In the US, parenting now costs $233K per child The average cost of raising a child in the US – up to age 17 – is up 3 percent from 2014, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

A new survey says retirement confidence has declined since last year. Next Avenue examines the findings:

http://www.nextavenue.org/americans-still-feel-shaky-retirement/

Why Americans Still Feel So Shaky About Retirement 3 reasons from a new survey and what could turn things around