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Retirement

Ballpark Estimate is a quick tool to help you estimate the amount of money you will need to fund a comfortable retirement.

Baby Boomers and Retirement features sites that discuss retirement issues for baby boomers such as can health insurance for retirees be cut, planning for retirement, and retirement personality profile.

Farm Families and Retirement discusses how farmers can set up retirement plans and how to manage if a farm operation is no longer profitable.

Financial Calculators for Retirement Planning offers calculators to help you make investment decisions including calculating mutual fund costs, making tax-free versus taxable yield comparisons, figuring loan costs and savings returns.

Investing for Success is an interactive program that specifically targets African-Americans who lag behind other groups with similar incomes when it comes to investing.

Late Savers Guidebook discusses how to catch up on retirement savings including strategies to increased retirement funds. There are numerous worksheets to help you.

Personal Wealth Estimator will help you calculate your net worth.

Plan Well, Retire Well is a web-based educational program for younger workers in their 20s and 30s. It will help you with investing, saving through tax-deferred retirement plans, and show you how money grows over time. Interactive tools will help you evaluate your current financial position and set goals for the future.

Planning for A Secure Retirement 10-Unit series on retirement readiness, retirement expenses, collecting Social Security, estimating income needed in retirement, eligibility for Medicare and other health benefits, employer funded retirement plans, self-employment retirement plans, Individual Retirement Accounts, lump sum retirement distributions, and other concerns such as long-term care, estate planning, Federal employees retirement calculator, and retirement housing.

Retirement and Women discusses retirement issues of particular concern to women.

Small Business Owners and Retirement Plans discusses retirement planning by small business owners for themselves and their employees.

Ten Ways to Beat the Clock Before Retirement is a good checklist to help you stay on target for retirement planning.