Archive for the 'Retirement' Category

Surfing in Taiwan at Fulong

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Taiwan, a small island off the east coast of China, is known for it’s beautiful women, stylish clothes, and computer parts. However, getting around Taiwan can be tricky if you don’t speak Mandarin, or drive. After what I’ve seen of Chinese driving habits, I’d rather leave driving to the experts—like the taxi drivers, bus drivers, [...]

Living Trust — Do you need one?

Tuesday, April 5th, 2005

Not everyone needs a living trust. If you are young and don’t own much property and don’t mind making your heirs go through probate, all you need is a simple will. Probate fees on an estate worth $50,000 may be around $1000 —you could leave that in a safety deposit box.

Sometimes a will [...]

Retirement Assets — How Much do You Need?

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

While most of us boomers are grovelling around at our menial jobs scrimping and saving every penny and dreaming of how we plan to retire, we may be missing the point. If life starts to center around work and money—beware! You may not have much of a life when your work stops. [...]