40 Best Blogs for Your Retirement Planning

Posted on February 2nd, 2011

When it comes to planning for your retirement, experts now believe you're never too young to get started. Social Security will run out soon enough, and financing your retirement requires a lot of preparation and smart investing. From saving to budgeting to investing, these 40 blogs will help you prepare for retirement, no matter what stage of life you're in right now.

General Planning and Money Management Advice

The following blogs deal with specific retirement goals and tips, as well as daily living practices and money management principles that will help you prepare for a solid, stable retirement later on.

1. Michael's Retirement Planning Blog: Michael Rubin helps readers figure out tax planning, Roth IRAs, Social Security, and more.
2. The Retirement Plan Blog: This blog is maintained by a retirement planning firm in Chicago. You'll find tips, guidelines and information regarding 401(k)s, employee stock ownership, pension plans, and a lot more.
3. The Retirement Blog: Get tips on safe retirement investing from Shelby Smith, Ph.D. and a former CFO, CEO and Chairman of a bank.
4. Retirement Planning: The posts on this blog inform you on senior benefits, debt management, financial planning, health insurance as you get older, and general advice for planning for the future.
5. Do Not Wait!: This blog and info site is for people who need an extra boost to start saving, whether it's for retirement, or to build their wealth for other reasons.
6. Bankrate.com Retirement Blog: Recent posts on this blog cover retirement issues as a cultural and social phenomenon, and also in terms of practical tips you can start using now.
7. Equifax Personal Finance Blog: From retirement to your taxes, this PF blog will help you manage investments, savings and spending so that you're in good financial health for the rest of your life.
8. FiveCentNickel.com: This popular blog has frugal living tips based around smart savings and investments.
9. Money Ning: Everything you can do to save and spend smart now will result in financial freedom later in life. You'll also find frugal living tips, an Investing 101 section, and promo codes.
10. No Credit Needed: Get reminders about adding to your IRAs, setting retirement goals, investing, budgeting, and a lot more.
11. Frugal Dad: Learn how to budget your life today in order to prepare for unexpected changes in the economy, hits to your savings, or life events in the future.
12. Boomers Retirement: This blog is helping the Boomer generation prepare for retirement, from savings to figuring out where to live.
13. FFS Blog: Cambridge, Massachusetts' Fisher Financial Strategies blogs about healthy financial planning here, from retirement savings accounts to other best practices and investments that will help you retire.
14. Musings of a Financial Professional: This blog from financial consultant Jon Degroff should inspire you to come up with a concrete idea of what you want out of life, and set the goals to get there.
15. Moolanomy: This blog will teach you how to spend less and earn more, teaching you about tax mistakes, bonds investing, real estate, and more.
16. Planning to Retire: This blog from US News & World Report posts about employment issues for seniors, retirement tax breaks, Social Security, financing long-term retirements, and other Boomer-related issues.
17. My Retirement Blog: This blog is a personal journey to understand all the intricacies of planning for retirement.
18. Moneymonk: Younger individuals will get tips and insight into ways to build wealth and reexamine their money priorities.
19. Retirement Blog: Get investing reviews, pension plan reviews, videos, and other resources pulled from this site and other places around the web.
20. Alan Haft: Alan Haft has appeared on CNBC and in other major media outlets to share his expertise on retirement income planning.

Financial Markets

Learn how to invest in the stock market to fund your retirement.

21. Stockerblog: This stock market blog reports on news, investing in bonds and stocks, top stocks, trends, and more.
22. Bullish Blog: Bullish Blog covers top stock market news, mostly focusing on stories relating to investments and global markets.
23. MarketBeat: If you're looking for something more insightful to help you make your decisions about investing in the stock market, read this WSJ blog.
24. Peridot Capitalist: Written by a registered investment advisor, this blog offers analysis and some tips on mergers, crashes, recovery and more.
25. Alchemy of Trading LLC: Become a better player by understanding "the art and science of the trade."
26. Between the Hedges: An anonymous portfolio manager blogs about investing in U.S. markets. You'll find aggregated news feeds, recommendations, projections, and more.
27. 24/7 Wall St.: Get analysis on U.S. and global markets for equity investors, here.
28. Robin Hood Trader: Learn how to make successful, consistent trades when you invest in the stock market.

Other Investments

Get more information about bonds, IRAs and other investments to help with retirement.

29. Oblivious Investor: Twentysomething Mike is a full-time PF writer but has also worked as a tax accountant and financial advisor. He writes about the simple principles you need to master to help your investments. You'll also find short chapters for understanding accounting problems, taxes, and Roth IRAs.
30. NYC Financial Advisor: Russell Bailyn is a young wealth manager in New York City and a registered representative for with First Allied Securities, Inc. Here he blogs about different types of investments and benefits, including low-cost portfolio construction, 401k rollovers, and more.
31. Federal Employee's Retirement Guide: If you're a federal employee, you can find great posts to help you make informed decisions about your unique retirement benefits on this blog.
32. Money Blue Book: Learn about all types of investments and financial planning resources, including mortgages, money market accounts, real estate, retirement, and more.
33. The Wealth Report: You could look at his blog two ways: if you've already achieved enough wealth for the rest of your life, you can learn about the luxury markets and how other people are spending money. Or, you can view it as a guide to wealth management and building.
34. IRA Blog: Entrust Administration, Inc. blogs about IRA research, plans, conversion and more. There's also state-specific information for those living in California, Oregon, Massachusetts and Washington.
35. Investmint.com: Find financial calculators, plus plenty of posts about retirement and all the different types of investments you should — or shouldn't — make along the way.

Fun Stuff

From traveling abroad to adjusting to a slower lifestyle, here's how to plan for the more fun aspects of retirement.

36. Taking Belize: This couple has been married 26 years and is hoping to retire in Belize. Their blog is a tribute to the country, but also has tips and inspiration for readers in similar stages of life.
37. Retired Me: After spending so much time planning to fund your retirement, did you give any thought to how you'd live life at a slower pace? This blog will help you kick back and enjoy life.
38. Retire Overseas Now: Get tips and information on traveling or moving during your retirement. Recent posts cover picking a location, reviewing rental vehicles, adopting the ex-pat lifestyle, and more.
39. Just Ruthie: Ruthie hopes to post uplifting, inspirational posts about retirement to help others life a fulfilling life of travel, family and new experiences.
40. Retire In Style Blog: Find out how to live well, travel, and enjoy life with the help of this retirement blog.

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