Retirement Strategies of Michigan

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Midyear Checkup: Can You Contribute More to Your Retirement Plan?

With traditional pensions in decline, it’s up to the individual employee to build retirement savings in a work-based account.
Don’t Overlook the Value of Social Security Survivor Benefits

While life insurance might play a central role after the death of a financial provider, Social Security could also offer another important source of income for survivors.
Locked Out? How to Break Into Today’s Housing Market

Homeownership can still be an attainable goal, but it may take more planning, flexibility, and creativity than it did in the past.
Could Employee Ownership Be Part of Your Succession Plan?

An employee stock ownership plan is a qualified retirement plan that enables a business owner to gradually transfer ownership shares to employees, setting up opportunities to cash out in the future.

Home Affordability

Estimate of the maximum amount of financing you can expect to get when you begin house hunting.
Required Minimum Distributions

Estimate the annual required distribution from your traditional IRA or former employer's retirement plan after you turn age 73.
Credit Card Debt

How Long Will It Take to Pay my Balance?
Cost of Retirement

Use this calculator to estimate how much income and savings you may need in retirement.