| Make Your Retirement Real
Retirement. We think about it. We (hopefully) plan for it. Until retirement is actually upon us, though, it's just an abstract concept; it's "out there" somewhere. To really understand retirement, we need to make it part of our own lives. Sure, retirement means doing the things we've always wanted to do. But in the midst of our working lives, how often do we actually get a chance to think about what we really want? As for me, I just retired after 20 years of walking a beat (actually, we drove the beat in my town). More time in my woodworking shop is at the top of my list. So is spending time on the water -- a new 24-foot cabin cruiser is in my future. Also on the list is a second career. What's on your list? Do you even have one? Putting a plan into actionAlthough it's good to have a list of ideas that you want to pursue when you no longer have to work that 9-to-5 grind, you need to transform the ideas from a list on paper into specific dollar amounts that you will need in retirement.
House to hold Saturday session
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma House members will hold a Saturday session this week to allow working Oklahomans to come to the Capitol to see lawmakers at work.The 101 legislators will also work today, although Friday is typically a day they go back to their districts for meetings and events.The Friday and Saturday sessions will begin at 9 a.m. On Saturday, the session will end around noon, with a cookies and punch reception afterward in the fourth floor rotunda at the Capitol.Rep. Jeff Hickman, R-Dacoma, said he wants children to attend as a way to boost civic literacy. - Click to discuss this story with other readers on our forums. .
88-year-old attacked in retirement unit
An 88-year-old West Australian woman was taken to hospital after being attacked by one of two men who broke into her retirement village unit early on Friday. The woman, who lives alone, was asleep when the pair broke into her Hobbs Crescent unit in Armadale, south of Perth, around 2am (WST). Police said one man knelt on her chest and cut her fingers with a sharp object. They said the tall Aboriginal man then held a hand over her mouth as she struggled and kicked at him. .
XTF Advisors Announces that FundQuest is to Distribute XTF Country ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XTF, an asset manager specializing in strategic and tactical asset allocation portfolios composed of exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced today that it is distributing its Country Rotation Portfolio with FundQuest, a leading provider of customized turnkey managed investment account solutions to financial institutions. FundQuest will begin offering XTF's Country Rotation Portfolios within FundQuest's Separately Managed Account (SMA) platform starting April 18th. "FundQuest is a highly respected company in the managed accounts industry, and working with them to integrate XTF's Country Rotation Portfolios within their platform is a major accomplishment for our company," said Michael Woods, chief executive officer, XTF Advisors. "More people are seeking exposure to the foreign markets through ETFs—which our portfolios provide—but investors often are left to decipher hard-to-understand signals as to whether to buy or sell.
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