Yes, yes and yes. My husband is planning to retire in January at 51 and I'll be 53 in Oct, so the plan now is to tap my IRAs starting next year for about 5 1/2 years. Would rather spread out some of the taxes over the next several years as our IRAs have grown to a sizable amount over time. And...
Hello Meddevice and welcome to the forum! I am a new member as well and have received some very useful replies to my initial post. From your age and assets it sounds as though you are doing extremely well. And congratulations on your upcoming baby! In terms of your question, I have never had a...
Midpack - thanks for the post - so glad to see that we are not alone in our dilemma re: healthcare. I also appreciate all of the other posts since early this am - Again, our main hesitation is the uncertainty - i.e. even though we can go out and purchase individual coverage or any other kind of...
A big thanks to all the posters after 10:30 pm last night - I was beginning to think this was not the right forum for me. . . I appreciate the posts about firecalc and especially all the advice re: health insurance - some very good insights and things to think about/look into. I too am worried...
Hello - am brand new to this forum and am very impressed with the information and knowledge here. I am semi-retired - (age 52) as a part-time marketing consultant, and my husband (age 50) works full time in the defense electronics industry. He has been at his current company almost 10 years and...