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Pension, bulk sum, or combination for retirement

Coming up on 60, and beginning to try to organize my retirement. I'm in pretty decent shape, I think....have one pension that starts when I turn 60 that is almost 50K, and another that is about 28K, a...

reddit.com Jan 11 2024

Pension News: You’re on Your Own For Retirement

Nobody Wants Responsibility For Your Retirement So They’re Passing The Buck To You. Do You Know How To Benefit? Key Ideas The reason retirement planning changed from socialized to personalized. ...

financialmentor.com Nov 27 2023

Should I take my pension at age 55 or 60?

I have a vested pension that I can take at either 55 ($1700/mo) or 60 ($2000/mo). I plan on working till 65, so the current strategy is to invest the entire monthly pension payment while I’m sti...

reddit.com Nov 25 2023

Pensions Get a New Look From Younger Workers

As the downsides of 401(k)-style plans become apparent, workers and some companies, including IBM, are showing new interest in defined benefit plans....

nytimes.com Nov 25 2023

Government Pension Offset - Which monthly amount to use?

I'll retire next year from a state government agency. I know the spousal benefits are reduced by two-thirds of the government pension. Assume that my pension only has two options: Monthly payments of ...

reddit.com Nov 22 2023

Pension &amp Roth IRA?

Wondering if anyone has a pension & a Roth IRA account. Is it worth it? Is it too much? My company offers a pension that they pay in to, no cost to me. Our package is currently $70/month/year of s...

reddit.com Mar 15 2023

Lump Sum Cash Pension

I'll be receiving a lump sum cash pension when I eventually retire. How do I invest it? submitted by /u/Top-Specialist-9273[visit reddit] [comments]...

reddit.com Feb 08 2023

SS strategy with a WEP pension

Hello. I am 58 retiring at 60 with a public pension of $2700 and would have a base $1200 monthly SS (at full SS age 67) coming from pre-pension jobs. However, my SS is subject to the full monthly WEP ...

reddit.com Feb 05 2023

Pension or 401K

Im thinking about taking a job that would be a 40K pay cut but would give me a pension in 12 years. So just to have numbers to work with I make about 175,000 right now but the job Im considering is ab...

reddit.com Feb 03 2023

14 States That Won't Tax Your Pension

Some states have pension exclusions with limitations based on age and/or income. But these states don't tax pension income at all, no matter how old you are or how much money you have....

kiplinger.com Oct 28 2022

Why You Might Want to Retire Soon If You Have a Pension

Imagine you are on the verge of retirement and you have a pension plan with your employer. Every year you have to make two decisions regarding your plan. First, you have to decide whether to retire (a...

ofdollarsanddata.com Oct 18 2022

Getting Nervous about retiring next year

So my spouse (58) and i (58) are considering retirement the end of next year. We are getting a bit nervous about it. When we do retire we should have $95k in retirement savings, $175k in hysa/cds. We ...

reddit.com Oct 01 2026

Part Time Consulting Post Retirement

Looking for wisdom for retirement. Looking at retiring around 60 years old. Will have pension, 401k (roth and traditional), and funds in a brokerage account that should be plenty enough. Pension and S...

reddit.com Sep 15 2026

How much extra after bill is enough?

Considering retiring next year. After bills we're looking at roughly $900 to $1,000 "extra" cash each month. VA, SS, 401k distribution and pensions are the income streams. Bill include setting aside f...

reddit.com Sep 03 2026

Am I Missing Something in my thinking?

Hi - I have not been able to save a lot of money for retirement. I do have two pensions,I max out my HSA and have about $20k invested there, and about $20k in an emergency fund, and $200k in IRA type ...

reddit.com Aug 26 2026

Income Went Up After Retirement

I retired 2.5 years ago from a company. Immediately, my income went up. My current income is made up of a pension from a previous government career; income from commercial rental property; and deferre...

reddit.com Jul 08 2026

Newly Retired Looking to Downsize, How to Finance?

Hello, I am recently retired. I am not collecting SS yet. I am living off of my wife's small income and a severance I received from work. I have a very healthy 401k balance a few small pensions so we ...

reddit.com Jun 21 2026

Retirement Plan Post Analysis and What I Have Learned

Back story: - 2015 Spouse retired at 65 and receives SS. - 2021 I retired at 64.6 and receive a monthly pension and SS. - Prior to retirement, we were able to save ~300K in cash. ~400K in 401. In 2014...

reddit.com Jun 08 2026