Thinking About Retirement - A Stroll Through My Blogroll

I will be 33 in January - and I’ve been thinking about my retirement plans. Apparently, I’m not the only one who’s been thinking about retirement - check out these articles from my blogroll:

AllFinancialMatters has an interesting article about Automatic IRAs - I like the idea of making investing easier - but if companies move to this plan, would 401K matching be a thing of the past?  I’ll have to do some further research.

Blueprint has written about Target Retirement Funds - Are they a good idea for non-retirement savings?  I simply purchase index funds - but I love the fact that AJ (the reader who asked Blueprint about non-retirement savings) has “extra” money!  Awesome!

Flexo is debunking certain retirement myths - My favorite is #3 - Everyone has debt - As Flexo points out, most folks who are debt free keep it to themselves - except for me, of course!

Nickel did some research - and the news is mixed - elective 403(b) 401(k) and 457(b) limits for 2008 will be the same as 2007 - $15,500 - but the aggregate limit will go up by $1000 to $46,000.  Confused?  Nickel did a much better job of explaining it!

Free Money Finance writes so many good articles, especially about retirement.  Here’s one I bookmarked a few months ago - 5 401K Mistakes To Avoid - Number 1 is “Be sure you participate!”

JD reviewed a “must read” - The Automatic Millionaire - JD is the king of book reviews - and he’s the reason that I spend so much money on personal finance books!

MBH wrote this powerful post a few months ago - and I’ve been waiting for this roundup so that I could include it.  So many people dream of retirement - but here’s how to kill that dream.  Sobering, but I really, really find this to be a powerful post.

The Digerati Life writes about investing styles.

Lazy man writes about market timing and the 401K.

Money Smart Life has an article about spousal IRAs.

GenX has a guide to Morning Star’s mutual fund tool.

4M has a tale of two ETFs.

Sun answers the age-old question - Roth or Traditional?

My Two Dollars has ideas about waiting too long to save for retirement.

Clever Dude wrote this post a few months ago - but now that we are nearing the end of the year - I think folks might find the information to be very, very useful - Should you contribute to your 401K, even if you get no match?