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One of the biggest advantages to using a 401k plan to manage your retirement savings and investments is that wherever you go, wherever your career and life take you, your 401k can go along with you. Nationwide, from New Hampshire to New Mexico, your 401k can be rolled over into another retirement savings plan when you need it to happen.

And, just as your 401k can be taken with you nationwide, there are additional administers of financial plans all over the country. In addition to 401k accounts, they also offer IRAs, annuity accounts, life insurance policies and other tools for financial planning.

And, if your employer does not offer a sponsored 401k, you can choose to start your own through any financial advisor or 401k account administrator nationwide. You can talk with their financial advisors and use their services to develop a financial plan for your retirement.

But your plan administrator is not the only source for you to get more information about savings and investment accounts that you might open. In fact, sometimes it might prove easier for you to do the research into your savings and investments on your own.

One way of doing that is to download our free retirement calculator. With this calculator you can:

  • Study the way that different savings accounts - IRAs, 401k accounts, annuities and other retirement plans -and investments such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds have performed over time;
  • Get projections for how the savings and investment accounts that you have or that you may invest in are projected to perform over the next 25 years;
  • See how changing interest rates and inflation will affect the way that your savings and investments will perform over time;
  • Explore other savings and investment options and the ways in which they will affect your financial security; and
  • Determine the ways in which withdrawals from your retirement savings -as well as other changes to your investment strategy -will affect your income, both now and after you retire.

But an even bigger advantage that using our retirement calculator offers is that you will be able to have a free one on one consultation with a financial advisor. During that conversation, you will be able to ask any questions that you have about which type of retirement plan is best for you.

You'll be able to get answers to those questions and get advice about how to plan for your financial future. You'll be able to talk about your investment strategy, use it to form a plan and learn how to put that plan into action.

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Analysis of the Economics of Early Social Security Withdrawal

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Deciding whether or not to take the early withdrawal of social security at age 62 can be difficult. If you need this income at 62 to fund your retirement the decision is fairly straightforward. Take it early! On the other hand, if you have another source of revenue to fund your retirement your decision will be primarily based on lifestyle, health and investment preferences.

Several factors can affect your decision. First is your life expectancy. If you are in good health and have a family history of living beyond 90 then waiting for full benefits may be best. Two other factors impact this decision. First and most important is the value of money or your expected return from your investments. If you are using other investments instead of social security to fund your retirement you should use the rate of return of these investments as your value of money. There is another way to look at the value of money. If you do not require the social security money to live, you can invest the distributions for the future. The rate of return of this investment is your value of money. If your investments will make larger returns such as stocks this would favor taking the early withdrawal.

The last factor impacting your decision is inflation. Social security includes an annual adjustment based on inflation. You cannot control this variable but you should be aware of its impact. If future inflation is significant it will favor a later full distribution

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We developed a calculator to assist in analyzing the impact of taking early benefits at age 62 or waiting for full benefits at age 66 to 67 depending on the year you were born...If you were born in 1960 or later your full benefits will begin at age 67 and your reduction for early benefits at age 62 will be 30%. If you were born between 1946 and 1960 your full benefits begin as early as age 66. We have included a chart that summarizes information.

To use the calculator you need to input your year of birth. You also need to input a value of money up to 10% and a projected inflation adjustment. The calculator analyzes income generated over time from both the early and full benefit investments. It calculates the age at which full social security will catch up and breakeven with the early withdrawal. If you were born before 1960 your breakeven age will be impacted by the year you were born. An early breakeven age favors waiting for full benefits.

The social security calculator is not the final answer whether to take an early withdrawal but it does give you additional economic data to assist in that decision. Ultimately you must balance income, investments and lifestyle to optimize your enjoyment during your retirement years.