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
Starting a part-time business once you’ve retired may sound daunting and risky. But it’s actually possible to launch some enterprises from home for less than $5,000. The five low-capital types of startups for retirement businesses: Coaching or consulti… Continue reading
(This article originally appeared on the PBS NewsHour site.) Judy Woodruff: Many Americans say they focus on saving for retirement when they reach their fifties. But what happens if you lose your job at that age? Our economics correspondent, Paul Solma… Continue reading
Two years ago, my then 39-year-old brother, mom and I went on a vacation in Hawaii (my parents are divorced and my dad has since remarried). The trip coincided with my mom, then in her late ‘60s, entering semi-retirement. After working two full-time jo… Continue reading
There’s bad news and so-so news about the retirement insecurity of American female workers in the new Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey 2019. But the good news is that if employers, the U.S. government, financial advisers and those workers take a few k… Continue reading
So many agents wait too long to plan for the future. I have no clue about your financial situation, but I do know that you need to fully understand your finances and how they will impact your future. Continue reading
(It seems like every few weeks or so, someone publishes a new list of The Best Places to Retire. Dave Hughes’ new book, The Quest for Retirement Utopia, will help you clarify which criteria are most important to you in deciding where to retire and prov… Continue reading
A recent Stanford University School of Medicine survey of 3,056 people found that 91% of them had a bucket list — things they want to do before they die. But I think the whole idea of a bucket list is disheartening. I say that because items on a “bucke… Continue reading
If you’re remarried or living with a significant other at midlife, managing your money together may look different than when you were younger. When you’re married for the first time and starting out in adult life, the two of you typically grow, and dev… Continue reading
Fair Isaac, the giant credit score company, recently announced the biggest change since 2014 in how it determines its FICO credit scores. This new FICO 10 system — expected to go into effect by year’s end — could affect your retirement in big ways, pos… Continue reading