Basic retirement planning mistakes to avoid

Augusta

VIP Contributor
You would need to avoid some mistakes when you need to plan for your retirement. The thing with all adoect of life is that it is always the best to prevent a thing than it happening. So what retirement mistakes should you avoid

Not Having a Retirement Plan.

You would fail at this of you have no retirement plan at all.

Not Knowing the amount You Need To Retire. You just leave your future to channces

Not increasing the amount You Save after a Pay Increase.
You make no effort to increase your savings even when you are being promoted and paid higher.

Not having the righ Beneficiary Designations. You would be maki7 a huge mistake when you have Incorrect Beneficiary Designations. You need to be sure of this do that the right person benefits here.

Paying high retirement acount Fees. When you have to pay a huge fees for your retirement fees abs it is too high.
 

Setho

VIP Contributor
A lot of people who are willing to set up a retirement fund have ended up getting it entirely wrong because of their mindset and also because of how they usually just like to copy others. I will try to explain some of the common mistakes that people usually make whenever they are planning for retirement.

1. They think that there is still time. Planning for a retirement is something that is supposed to commence immediately when you start actively making income be it when you are 16 or you are 19. The money that you need to save his only going to give her but you should actually start planning early.

2. They think saving is everything. With inflation ravaging economies, all the money that you have seemed might be worthless at your retirement so it is not a hundred percent of your portfolio that you go to savings but instead you should look for low-risk investments, hedge funds and liquidity pools for you to put your money there.

3. They do not involve lawyers. A lot of workplace insurance forums are held bent on trying to steal from the employees. You should always involve a lawyer if you do not understand the terms and conditions.
 

Heartstrings

Active member
Yes,not having a retirement plan is one of the mistake to avoid, because when you plan it will help you in future. Not saving up at the right time is one of the big mistake to avoid,you should save up when due even if it's half quarter of your salary. Aside saving,not investing is also one of the major mistake one can make, avoid a bad investment. A bad investment would definitely take you back and makes you suffer after retirement. Start planning for retirement as early as possible because when you don't plan well and for the future,then you have yourself to plan after retirement. There's a family friend that is retired now,his wife is running a business, while he himself have a business of his own,he has children who are in secondary schools,he still take care of them very well because he lay down a good plan way long before retiring.
 
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