5 Retirement Moves to Make Before the End of 2017

Now is a great time to get a head start on your New Year's resolutions for 2018 by doing some retirement planning. If you've fallen behind on your retirement savings, or worse yet, don't know how much you're on track to save or how much you'll need to save, here are five suggestions you can implement before the end of the year to get your retirement strategy moving in the right direction.

There are likely two main components to the income you'll have after retirement: your savings and Social Security. So, in order to determine how much income you'll need from your savings, which we'll get to in the next section, you'll need a good estimate of how much you can expect from Social Security.

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