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The phone call came to Dad’s daughter (FD) at 6 AM. Again. This time, it was the night caregiver reporting that her father…
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Mortgage rates ticked higher for the first time in weeks, mortgage buyer Freddie…
Worrisome Environment I received a post-card “save the date” for an upcoming wedding.…
A retirement side gig can emerge from boredom, isolation, or simply the desire…
Summer tends to be the slow season. Many people take time off to…
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Earlier this year, my husband and I attended the BNP Paribus Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. Top players attend…
If you’re contributing to a 401(k), chances are you’ve been default invested into a retirement target-date mutual fund—and you may not…
“What would my parents have wanted?” Those six words capture the emotional chaos that can follow a parent’s passing. Many retirees…
I didn’t read for pleasure until after college—when I could, for the first time, choose what I read. Even then, the…
Monthly unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that white men have seen a worse erosion of employment…
Most of us have probably heard of financial abuse of elders. Stories appear in local media about a caregiver ripping off…