Browsing: Retirement

Retirement planning gets real after age 50. People realize they no longer have the luxury of time to make up for financial mistakes. Making smart money…

After years of favoring online and telephone scams, a number of crooks are drifting back to old-fashioned theft involving paper checks. In the last year, a…

A lot of couples sign prenuptial agreements to protect an inheritance. Some have been gifted monies that they want to safeguard. Others may be expecting a…

Careful research done by PhD economists conclude we face a huge retirement shortfall. We are about eight to nine years away from Social Security’s inability to…

Many retirees are finding that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and they’re returning to work in some way. In fact, the number is…

Thirty-five years ago, Ken Dychtwald, PhD, wrote a landmark book, Age Wave. It was a thoughtful and well researched analysis on the impact of the baby…

Really, I don’t want to be doing this. I just want a fact-based discussion on retirement income security, so we can fix what needs fixing and…

What role do family members play in caring for frail older adults and younger people with disabilities? What can society do to make it easier for…

It’s an issue for some adult children with aging parents. When the elders need care, there is resistance to using the parent’s own funds to cover…

The simplest oversights can cause the biggest problems for heirs, especially those intended to inherit retirement accounts. Over the years, I’ve seen a number of court…