When steep medical costs cut into your retirement savings, the results can be staggering and painful. They were for the mother of Bradford Daniel Creger, chief economist & lead wealth strategist at Total Financial Resource Group in Glendale, Calif…. Continue reading
(In her new book, The Retirement Income Explosion, personal-finance writer and radio host Adriane Berg offers smart financial strategies to help us as we live longer lives. The following is an excerpt from the book, aimed at helping you take taxes into… Continue reading
Who isn’t thinking about their retirement accounts these days? It’s been a whipsaw of a ride for 401(k)s, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and other retirement funds lately. Stock and bond markets have been wild due to the coronavirus’ impact on t… Continue reading
You’ve undoubtedly heard that Americans are living longer. But have you thought about how you might adjust your career to personally take advantage of the longevity trend? The needs of aging boomers and their parents are opening up a variety of job opp… Continue reading
Family caregivers open their hearts and their minds when caregiving for ailing loved ones. They often open their wallets, too. But there are a few ways you can try to recover the financial costs of caregiving, as experts explain below. According to the… Continue reading
While stepping into retirement might mean walking away from a job, many Americans are dragging financial baggage into this next stage: debt. In recent years, the amount of debt retirees carry has grown, and the numbers are troubling from both a monetar… Continue reading
After attending an all-day conference on age-friendly workplaces, I’ve come to the conclusion that employers are increasingly interested in hiring and keeping older workers. But it’s not so much “do the right thing.” It’s more “do the expedient thing.”… Continue reading
When Meleisa Holek retired from a 24-year career in marketing at IBM in 2018, she hoped to find a meaningful, flexible, volunteer role that would take advantage of her professional skills. She found one: becoming a business mentor and director of marke… Continue reading
What does it mean to retire? And who are you if you’re retired — a retired person, a former (fill in the blank) or someone very different from before? John Watkins, an English professor at the University of Minnesota, is not only wrestling with those q… Continue reading
You’re standing alone on the edge of a cliff, staring off into a vast unknown. Is this you, thinking about retirement? Or as one man told me during my research into the new retirement: “So I wake up in the morning, go to the fitness club and have coffe… Continue reading