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Mapped: London's most and least affordable places to buy a home

Interactive map shows the boroughs where house prices are most affordable relative to household income

Evening Standard · Nov 6

How Much Retirement Income Could a $750,000 Portfolio Generate?

A $750,000 retirement portfolio can produce a surprisingly different lifestyle depending on one decision: how much money comes out each year. Two retirees with identical account balances could enjoy very different financial flexibility. One might take regular withdrawals and sleep comfortably. Another might spend too aggressively and spend retirement worrying…

The Free Financial Advisor · Nov 5

7 Retirement Planning Mistakes People Make in Their Final Working Years

The last few years before retirement can feel like a well-earned victory lap. The mortgage balance looks smaller, the kids have launched, and the office coffee suddenly seems less tolerable. After decades of working, leaving the daily grind finally feels within reach.

The Free Financial Advisor · Nov 5

7 Things That Become Surprisingly Expensive When You Live Alone After 65

Living alone after 65 can bring a wonderful sense of independence, especially if you’ve spent decades sharing your home, schedule, and finances with someone else....

Saving Advice · Nov 5

Retiring with less than $1 million? Here are 8 ways to make your savings last

A successful retirement depends on income, spending, taxes, and flexibility, not a seven-figure balance

The Independent UK · Nov 5

Your Parent Dies With an Unpaid Utility Bill — Should You Pay It?

You’re sorting through your late mother’s mail when you discover an overdue electric bill for $486. A few days later, another notice arrives warning that...

Saving Advice · Nov 5

Your Employer Offers a Pension Buyout — Should You Take the Lump Sum?

A pension buyout can make someone feel unexpectedly wealthy, at least until the money has to last another 25 or 30 years. Your employer offers a check worth tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, and suddenly a retirement decision becomes a very large math problem.

The Free Financial Advisor · Nov 4

What Happens When You Invest $100 a Week for 30 Years?

A hundred dollars can disappear remarkably quickly. A grocery run, a couple of takeout dinners, and an online purchase that seemed like a good idea at midnight can take care of that. Yet putting the same $100 to work every week could eventually create a retirement fund worth hundreds of…

The Free Financial Advisor · Nov 4

Your Investment Advisor Recommends an Annuity — 6 Questions to Ask

An annuity can promise something many retirees find irresistible: a paycheck that keeps coming after work stops. But before signing a contract, take a closer look at the person recommending it and the details behind the promise.

The Free Financial Advisor · Nov 4

How Much Could a $10,000 Roth Conversion Add to Your Tax Bill?

A $10,000 Roth conversion can look like a simple retirement upgrade until tax season arrives. Moving money from a traditional IRA into a Roth IRA can create a tax bill today, even though the transfer doesn’t put a single extra dollar in your pocket.

The Free Financial Advisor · Nov 4