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I utilize the Fidelity RIP from time to time for a sanity check on retirement planning but recently have noticed some wide swings in expenses for 30+ years into the plan. I could imagine that they are assuming some large medical cost or other unknown expense. Has anyone else noticed this...

With the financial landscape changes and the threat of inflation I am curious what others are doing to diversify their bond allocation. I keep a check on my Financial Engines account which I usually agree with but it is still suggesting heavy weight in Treasuries (makes me wonder about their...

Well I think I have my ducks in a row but I thought I would run it by the brain trust here. I am 54 still working and plan on pulling the plug in about 6 months. With my current firm I have an amount in my 401k which I have been in for several year. I plan to bolster that amount from my IRA with...

I ran across this addicting web site that measures your reaction time. Call it your mental exercise of the day :) http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf BTW... I'm a bobbing bobcat (.2100 sec so far) What is your reaction time?

I am looking for input on what type of mattress to purchase. I've been looking around at the memory foam types as well as other pillow top models. Costco has a pretty good deal on a memory foam model that is pretty inexpensive (compared to the Temperpedics and others). As one who experiences...

In an effort to accurately predict taxes in retirement I was looking to find an online resource (possibly calculator) that might let you estimate total tax burden with some basic assumptions. Also, my question to those of you that have FIREd – how has your tax burden changed? Is there perhaps...

I wonder if I could get help on ideas for testing several scenarios. Here's my info: Through paying for college for a couple of kids, weddings, life, etc... I find that my after tax savings are way low while my before tax is pretty good. I have about 1.25M in balanced IRA with about 10k in...

I have been comparing the Fido retirement planning tool with Firecalc and have noticed that Fido's a bit more conservative in its approach. I was curious if others have seen this with sponsored planning tools that are trying to encourage investments. The Fido default on their graphs is for poor...