Bill Frist Quotes

The decision to incentivise savings for pension funds augurs well for infrastructure financing and retirement planning.

Whatever your income level is, save as much as you can - up to 20 percent, but more if you can - and invest it. Put that into an IRA; put that into a brokerage account.

What we should be trying to do is to encourage people to establish private retirement accounts and help them take pressure off the Social Security system.

It is never too early to encourage long-term savings.

It is true that a population which is growing older needs to save, but the question is in what form the savings are made.

Americans living longer than ever must save more than ever.

I'm just trying to diversify my portfolio and put myself in a position so when I do retire, the options are limitless.

A 401(k) is essentially a basket of mutual funds intended to help people save for retirement.

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.

IRAs are intended for retirement.

Personal savings accounts to me are one of the most powerful things, not necessarily in saving, solvency, or bankruptcy of the program, but in guaranteeing, the words I used a few minutes ago, a safe and secure retirement for our seniors.

To enjoy a long, comfortable retirement, save more today.

We really haven't had very much experience with people funding their retirement out of the stock market, and we don't know, frankly, how it would work under every scenario.

To finance longer life spans, we must convince individuals to start investing now for the long term. But longevity should be an asset that can be levered, not a curse. They must understand that there's a cost to sitting in cash. No one talks about that cost.

President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provide for the country's retirement needs, Social Security would need to be supplemented by personal savings accounts.

Cash - in savings accounts, short-term CDs or money market deposits - is great for an emergency fund. But to fulfill a long-term investment goal like funding your retirement, consider buying stocks. The more distant your financial target, the longer inflation will gnaw at the purchasing power of your money.

Make sure to save for the future and keep making money!

Americans are not saving enough for retirement.

Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.

If you're 35, 45, or even 55 - you have a very long time horizon - 40 years or vastly more. That is you, and/or your spouse, are likely to live about that long, and you'll be investing the whole way.

There are two things that you need to save for. First, you need an emergency cushion of no fewer than six months of living expenses. This needs to be cash in a liquid account where you can get at it in - yes - an emergency if you need it. In other words, money markets, not CDs. You also need to save for your future: that means retirement.

'Returnless risk' is not how you prepare for a decent retirement.

Many people will have nothing at the end of their working lives.

I don't want to outlive my money.

Eventually, my W-2 income will wind down, and my investments can actually make that up.