Tag: retirement

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Squared Away readers should know this ritual by now. We consult Google Analytics to determine the articles with the most reader traffic over the past year. This blog covers everything from student loans to helping low-income people improve their lot. But this year’s Top 10 was dominated by one topic: retirement. Readers’ favorites are listed…

Santa carrying gifts

Many Americans have poor habits around saving for retirement, but tapping a 401(k) to buy holiday gifts seems beyond the pale. Yet that’s precisely what some people do. In a new T. Rowe Price survey of 1,000 adults, 7 percent said they have spent some retirement savings on “holiday spending.” Surprisingly, men are more likely…