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Podcast: Ben Carlson Shares the Wealth (of Common Sense)
Episode 9 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Ben Carlson — the author of A Wealth of Common Sense (both the book and the blog). Ben discusses his perspe…
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Podcast: Chris Mamula on Retirement Early and the Pitfalls to Avoid
Episode 8 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Chris Mamula — a “Financial Independence Retirement Early” (FIRE) proponent and writer for both Can I Retir…
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Podcast: PhD on FIRE: Safe Draw Down Rates with Karsten Jeske aka BigERN
Episode 6 of the Boldin podcast is an interview with Karsten Jeske (also known as Big ERN). Steve and Karsten discuss Karsten’s mega financial background and h…
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Nudge Yourself into Retirement for the Best Years of Your Life!
Beeeep beeeep beeeep… Ugh. The alarm clock. It’s Monday morning and… You are dreading the work week, but you aren’t yet sure you financially prepared to retire.…
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Note from the Founder: The Why Behind NewRetirement (now Boldin)
Over the past few years I’ve had the opportunity to get to know several people who have achieved financial independence or are on the path to it. People like JD…
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Boldin Podcast: Morgan Housel on How Millennials and a $30 Trillion Wealth Transfer May Change Our Future
Episode 4 is an interview with Morgan Housel, award winning writer and venture capitalist with the Collaborative Fund. Hosted by Steve Chen, founder of Boldin,…
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Boldin Podcast: Money, Behavior and Happiness — Steve Chen Interviews Jonathan Clements
Hosted by Steve Chen, founder of Boldin, the Boldin Podcast offers interviews about the wise use of both money and time in retirement. Explore ideas and great…
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New Feature in Retirement Calculator Helps You Identify “Excess” Income in Your Retirement Plan
We keep trying to improve the Boldin retirement planning calculator so that you can feel good about your future. The latest improvement is a feature that lets…
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Boldin Podcast: Financial Independence, Purpose & Happiness — Steve Chen Interviews JD Roth
Hosted by Steve Chen, founder of Boldin, the Boldin Podcast offers interviews about the wise use of both money and time in retirement. Explore ideas and great…
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9 Tips for Protecting Your Investments from a Stock Market Crash
A stock market crash will happen. It is never a question if, it is a matter of when and for how long. So, you really need to think about how to protect your inv…
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Thumbs Up for the Best Retirement Stories from 2017
Below are the best retirement stories from 2017 — the articles on Boldin that our readers liked most from the last year. The 8 Skills You Need for a Fantastical…
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More Precise Retirement Calculations with New and Improved Retirement Planning Calculator
Truly effective retirement planning requires a lot of different data points and a very sophisticated formula. However, some online tools make it easy to create…
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Boldin Users Reveal the 7 Secrets of their Successful Retirement Plans
Want to know what it takes to have a successful retirement plan? Using data from survey responses and retirement profiles, Boldin has found a few interesting t…
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Note From the Founder: Unknown Unknowns
Hi – Steve Chen here with a few notes from recent months and thoughts on unknown unknowns. It’s been a very eventful few months across the country; we’ve had hu…
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8 New Retirement Trends: Is Your Future as Rosy as the Data Suggests it Should Be?
Jack Kerouac is quoted as saving: “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” While, this is generally true,…
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A Note from the Boldin Founder, Stephen Chen
Blurry photo credit: Me Hi! This is Steve Chen. I’m the founder of Boldin and we’re reaching out to try to better engage with you so that we can learn from one…
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Retirement Education: What Back to School Night Can Teach You About Retirement Planning
It is back to school time. While you are probably past the phase when you report to your children’s elementary, middle school or high school classrooms, these…
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The Building Blocks of a Secure Retirement Plan — How Tall Does Your Tower Need to Be? Will it Topple?
Planning your future retirement is complicated. Creating a secure retirement plan requires that you know what you want and then being able to put together what…
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Retirement Success Depends on Answers to Hypothetical Questions
The following on why it is important to be comfortable with the unknown comes to us from Mr. Henry K. “Bud” Hebeler. Get more from Bud at Analyze Now. In a pres…
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Best Retirement Plans: Definitive Ranking of the 25 Best Ways to Spend Retirement
So, what are the best retirement plans? Well… there is no wrong way to spend retirement. Without the grind of a job, you typically have the freedom to allocate…
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Meet the 18 Year Old Who Has More Retirement Savings than the Average 50 Year Old
Robyn Bri is 18 years old and just graduated from high school in Marin, CA. In some ways, she is an average high achieving kid. In another way, she is very re…
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Podcast: Big Picture Retirement Interviews Stephen Chen, Founder of Boldin
The Big Picture Retirement Show is a podcast about retirement and estate planning by Devin Carroll and John K. Ross. Devin has been helping people with money re…
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How Much of the Global $400 TRILLION Retirement Shortfall Belongs to You?
A massive retirement shortfall is developing — and it is a much bigger problem than your own possible lack of sufficient retirement assets. If you are lucky, yo…
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Bud Hebeler’s 2017 Economic Outlook: 6 Reasons to Plan Conservatively for Retirement
The following on 2017 economic outlook comes to us from Mr. Henry K. “Bud” Hebeler. Bud has been working with retirees for many years, developed special materi…
