Month: January 2012

(Image by Andrew Bossi, via Flickr.com) The Occupy Wall Street movement is a scattered and diverse group. The protests rarely have unified demands in a given city, let alone across the country. However, in talking to the media, many Occupiers bring up one complaint again and again: student loan debt. Student loan debt …

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(Image by kayepants, via Flickr.com) When it comes to retirement, the conventional wisdom is that a couple needs at least $1 million to retire comfortably. Why $1 million? Economists, financial advisers and others say retirees should spend no more than 4% of their nest egg a year, and if they have a million bucks, that …

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