Tag: finances

Preparing for retirement # 5

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It had been raining for three days running and as soon as the sun started shining the coffee drinkers arrived at their regular spot and welcomed a few new faces. The pipe smoker stated that he had been thinking about the subject of retirement and the steps that are required to prepare for that event… Continue reading Preparing for retirement # 5

Preparing for Retirement #4

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When the pipe smoker arrived at the regular coffee drinking spot he remarked that the previous session had not completed the circle. The cigar smoker reacted by asking whether they had been informed that the circle still needed to be completed and followed up with a question of his own. By asking,  “Can the advisor… Continue reading Preparing for Retirement #4

Preparing for Retirement #3

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The regular coffee drinkers were waiting in anticipation for the meeting to begin and had nearly reached the stage where they start banging their fists on the tables, but changed their minds when the  insurance advisor arrived. The advisor duly settled in with a sheaf of papers under his arm and was about to clear… Continue reading Preparing for Retirement #3

Preparing for Retirement #1

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It was a normal coffee drinking occasion at the start but changed into a valuable lesson in thinking about that “one day”. The greetings by the cigar smoker and the pipe smoker and of course the bald headed older man plus the recently joined ex-financial advisor who  had introduced himself at the meeting a week… Continue reading Preparing for Retirement #1

Rainy days & Retirement

The  competition between banks and financial advisors as well as savings institutions to convince individuals to “save” their funds for a ”rainy day” has not changed one iota over the past few years while central bankers keep on changing their “bank rate interest” levels on a frequent basis. It was thus no surprise to hear… Continue reading Rainy days & Retirement

Those taxes

It was not such a great surprise that when the regulars got together for their usual cup of coffee and opportunity to discuss matters that each and everyone of them had  a story to share regarding experiences during their careers that had something to do with taxes. There seemed to be no need to debate… Continue reading Those taxes