Almost one-quarter of the 65 million people receiving Social Security rely on it for 90% of their retirement income. They’re locked in and there’s nothing they can do to get a bigger check except cross their fingers and hope for a cost-of-living raise every year.
No one wants to be...
The Coronavirus is changing the landscape, as we know it, in almost every part of life. Unquestionably, it’s also shaking up the financial universe and changing rules that have been etched in stone for decades, and retirement accounts are no exception.
With the Coronavirus...
Ah,
for the good old days when the retirement formula was simple. Get a job. Retire
at 65. Go home and collect your pension. But those days are long gone. Pension
benefits became too expensive for companies to maintain. They cancelled the plans, started matching
contributions to 401(k)s and pushed the...
“I
can’t wait to get on Medicare!” I’m hearing that more often from people
approaching 65 years old. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in
2010 health insurance has become anything but affordable. I know people paying
more for their health insurance than they pay for their mortgage....
For the first time in U.S. history, more than 20% of retirement age workers are choosing to stay in the workforce. That’s more than double the number who made that decision in 1985, according to a new report from United Income.
The reason is...
It's that time of the year again! RMD's! Many retirees love to hate their required minimum distributions, or RMDs. What to do? When to take it out? How much to pay in taxes? There's a myriad of questions. In this video, Morningstar discusses the topic with Maria Bruno, head...
In the blink of an eye, the planet called earth forever changed because of something we’d never heard of, and a new word has been permanently added to the world lexicon—Coronavirus. Even with all the changes we know about now, caused by COVID-19, the list of changes...
By Danielle Howard, CFP in MarketWatch
Danielle takes her plumbing metaphor a bit too far but provides sound advice on intentional money management in retirement. By which she means you need to pay attention to the little stuff, stop the small leaks before you find yourself with a depleted retirement...
For most folks heading into retirement, there’s always that time of reflection, deciding if you can actually retire. “Do I have enough saved?” “Will I run out of money?” “Can I count on Social Security?” “How can I make some extra retirement income?”
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