http://richardroll.com Richard Roll - The Baby Boomer Retirement Guru Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:58:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can the New Orleans Saints SuperBowl victory teach us anything about how to have a winning game plan for our future and our retirement? Get ready for a surprise because believe it or not I've given this question a lot of thought! Continue and read more... http://www.boomersretirementnetwork.com/blog/2010/02/09/49/ http://richardroll.com/2010/02/09/you-can-win-your-retirement-game-just-like-the-new-orleans-saints/ Here are some questions to think about now that we’re in the New Year…Grab an extra piece of paper and jot down your ideas and see how spiritual you want to be in 2010!! DREAMIN’ Allow yourself to dream by completing these sentences: If I had my wish, I would… My life would be ... http://richardroll.com/2010/01/01/food-for-thought/ Sure, the banks have been hit hard by the recession, but they are enjoying gross profits in one area: overdraft fees. USA Today reports that banks are expected to pocket $38.5 billion in 2009 from insufficient funds and overdraft fees, more than double the amount banks earned a decade ago. In light ... http://richardroll.com/2009/11/05/beware-of-the-change-to-overdraft-fees/ Guest Blogger: Frank Don Astrologer Par Excellence This October seems a paradoxical month, but should that surprise any of us?  We have been living, continue to live and will be living in a paradoxical world.  For many of us, we may feel as though we have entered a strange and bizarre landscape where the parameters ... http://richardroll.com/2009/10/02/october_2009_riding_the_waves_allowing_ourselves_to_do_over/ The death yesterday of Patrick Swayze at age 57, from pancreatic cancer, should be a wake up call to all of us Baby Boomers.  Swayze, who was named People Magazine's Sexiest Man of the Year in 1992, and certainly seemed as fit as a hunk, only found out he had cancer in ... http://richardroll.com/2009/09/15/a-wake-up-call-for-baby-boomers/ What an unusual day I had yesterday.  Starting at 7am, with three other members of our Baby Boomers Retirement Network team in tow, I headed to a large Hartford, CT venue to hear from an all-star cast of luminaries on the theme of Get Motivated!  We along with 19,000 others in the audience, heard ... http://richardroll.com/2009/09/10/a-day-of-patriots/ Here is step 5 of what every Baby Boomer woman should do now to create financial security for retirement...plus a final word. 5. Open a Roth IRA. Hedge Your Bet Against Future Higher Taxes-By Having More than One IRA. A Roth IRA uses after-tax money to build it and gives you ... http://richardroll.com/2009/07/17/5-things-you-can-do-now-to-improve-your-financial-security-for-retirement-part-5/ And now...Step 4: 4. Research and get quotes for long-term care insurance before you are closed out for health reasons. Make an informed decision now about whether or not long-term care insurance makes sense in your situation. Then purchase the right policy as soon as it makes financial sense to do ... http://richardroll.com/2009/07/16/5-things-you-can-do-now-to-improve-your-financial-security-for-retirement-part-4/ Here is the Third action step every Baby Boomer Woman should start taking now. 3. Get started on an accelerated debt reduction plan that also gives you a 10-year or less roadmap to financial security. Whether you do it yourself, using widely available budgeting or money management software, or invest in an automated ... http://richardroll.com/2009/07/15/5-things-you-can-do-now-to-improve-your-financial-security-for-retirement-part-3/ As I promised, here is the second action step every Baby Boomer woman should be taking now. 2. Take extra steps NOW to safeguard your health. We tend to focus obsessively on our financial capital, but it's our human capital-our "aliveness"-that is really the engine that makes a long life continually worth ... http://richardroll.com/2009/07/14/5-things-you-can-do-now-to-improve-your-financial-security-for-retirement-part-2/