Browsing: Retirement

Major milestones are a good opportunity to pause, reflect, and think about where we are heading. This year is a major milestone for the retirement industry…

Japan is cool, modern and traditional. And … cheap? That is what Hannah Kirshner found to her surprise. We are talking about buying property. The young…

Get there first. That’s the best parenting advice I ever got, and it applies to every one of the most important values we choose to pass…

“I don’t want to be a burden on my children when I’m old.” This statement is one I consistently hear expressed by older people from all…

Here are the documents you need to collect before filing To make the process of filing for Social Security benefits easier, it’s important to know what…

You’ve recently retired, and you go to the doctor, and get the news. “Jim, there’s now a safe surgical procedure for your terminal medical condition. All…

By Lucy Lazarony, Next Avenue Many Americans in their 50s don’t have nearly enough savings set aside for retirement. How bad is the shortfall? According to…

Many estate owners are concerned about what will happen to the wealth in the next generation and the effects the inheritance will have on their heirs,…

By Kelly K. James, Next Avenue During an interdepartmental Zoom meeting, a vice president asked for feedback about a video he’d produced, on a tight timeframe,…

By Elana Rabinowitz, Next Avenue “We call it pretirement,” a woman said while gushing about her new life in the affluent resort town of Saratoga Springs,…