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Planning for Retirement

• Overview
• Find your full retirement age
• Starting while you’re young
• 5 things women need to do for retirement
• Saving for your retirement
• Getting close to retirement? Take charge of it
• Social Security Online retirement estimator
  
• Protect your identity
• Estate planning basics
• Trying to locate a financial planner? What you need to know…

Investing for Retirement

• Smart Investing overview
• Basics, from the Harvard Investor
• Or, maybe you’d prefer Yahoo style basics….
• Protect yourself before and after investing
• All about financial professionals
• Choose the right professional
  
• “Too good to be true.” Is the investment a scam?
• Socially responsible investing

Retirement Accounts

• Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
• Roth IRAs
• Roth vs. traditional IRA
• Smart 401(k) investing
• More retirement plans
• Annuities
  
• Protect your accounts

Budgeting During Retirement

• Make frugality a habit!
• Reducing expenses
• Keep track of your spending
• Banks or credit unions?
• Credit and your credit report
  
• Find the best products and the best rates
  
• Tips for using online retirement calculators
• All about credit cards
  

The Psychology of Retirement

• Financial behavior and retirement
• Ready for retirement?
• Behaviors vulnerable to investment fraud. Are you at risk?
• The psychology of investing scams

Retirement Research & Other Resources

• National Education and Resource Center On Women And Retirement Planning (WISER)
• Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
• AARP Research Center
• Research on retirement plans at Employee Benefit Research Institute
• Women, Work & Community – Maine Centers