Downtown Hendersonville, N.C., has a small-town atmosphere. iStock Dear MarketWatch, My wife and I are both 57 and looking to retire at 62. We will get approximately $ 1,700 a month each from Social Security. We currently have approximately $ 750,000 in 401(k) and cash. We are looking to get …
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Dear MarketWatch, I’m a single 54-year-old female looking to retire in the next 10 years, but looking to move to my future retirement spot during the next two years. I love dry summer weather, hiking, biking, water sports, year-round outdoor living. I don’t like cold, snowy winters, unless I’m driving …
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Pete Bowen landed in Thailand in 2009 with a suitcase and a guitar, looking for a spot to retire. He knew no one in the country. Nearly 12 years later, he says his life in a beach town on the western side of Thailand’s Phuket Island is “living in paradise.” …
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Oil futures headed lower on Tuesday, poised to post their first session loss of the month, as prices looked to halt a multi-session streak of gains and eased back from their highest levels in more than a year. “After losing momentum through much of January trading, the crude complex has …
Read More » The U.S. factory sector is showing solid momentum going into 2021, with orders rising for eighth straight months. Orders for manufactured goods rose 1.1% in December after a 1.3% gain in the prior month, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal were expecting a 0.7% …
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Dear Moneyist, I pay my gardener $ 100 per month. He or one of his employees comes once a week on Mondays, and does a pretty good job. When the weather is rainy, he does not come until it is dry, so sometimes there is a week where he does …
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Dear MarketWatch, I am really hoping you can help us because we are eager to move, but not sure where. I am 49 and my husband is 45, and I’ve diligently saved so I can semi-retire and spend time with family and travel. Presently we live in New Orleans in …
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Janet Blaser knows a thing or two about reinvention. Once a food and restaurant writer in Santa Cruz, Calif., the now-63-year-old struggled to find work roughly a decade ago as journalism increasingly moved online. She lost one beloved job, got her hours cut at another, and ended up working odd …
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Dear MarketWatch, I’m retiring in six months and live outside of Los Angeles. It’s really pricey here. I’m 68 and my wife is 61. We will have about $ 800,000 in total savings and IRAs, and an income of $ 7,000 monthly including my Social Security. We currently rent. We …
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