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Can The Retirement Savings Calculator At Yahoo Finance Be Modified To Change The Age Of Receiving Social Sec?

By Increase Savings | Published: September 22, 2009

For example, the calculator assumes a person would start drawing Social Security benefits at age 62. Can this calculator be modified or updated to show what the benefits would be if the person started taking benefits at age 67 (or any other age over 62)? It would be a more useful Yahoo users tool if [...]

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How Can I Qualify For A Mortgage When I Retire If My Only Sources Of Income Are My Savings + Social Security?

By Increase Savings | Published: June 22, 2009

I plan on retiring in a couple of years and then relocating. I will not be working after I retire. Since most mortgage qualifying information revolves around one’s employment income, is it possible to qualify for a mortgage based only on my savings and payments from Social Security?

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John Mccain's terrible Health Care "plan" vs. Obama

By Increase Savings | Published: May 14, 2009

changes. First he was taxing health benefits through both payroll and income tax. Then he said he only intended to apply income tax, which meant that his plan would create even larger deficits. Now he says there won’t be deficits, because he’s going to make up the cost of those tax credits by slashing Medicare [...]

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2009 – Saving money on the things you already spend on

By Increase Savings | Published: April 30, 2009

A 30 billion dollar industry, and still, network marketing and direct sales is primarily a product-based industry. The company I chose is much different, in that, instead of marking up the price on a product in order to pay out commissions, they not only mark them down but they provide services and products that you’re [...]

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  • Thinking of investing your savings?


    While increasing your savings is good, multiplying your money through smart investments feels great - there are lots of opportunities out there and you can be successful if you're arming yourself with the right information.

    Where to start?

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