Difficult Work Pushes More Blacks into Early Retirement – Center for Retirement Research
Exposure to dangerous jobs and work environments over a prolonged period strain older workers’ bodies. The jobs may involve physical...
U.S. Average Cash, Savings, and Home Equity Balances
According to reporting from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, People in the middle class expect diverse sources of retirement...
Individual Stocks vs. Index Funds
Though opinions vary on individual stocks vs. index funds, my own investments reflect a blend of both, from dividend and...
5 Reasons We Should Talk About Harris’ Medicare Home-Care Benefit – Center for Retirement Research
An examination of long-term care is good for all of us. As someone trying to become more knowledgeable about long-term...
Surviving the Financial Vortex: 5 Ways to Find Calm in the Swirl of Competing Financial Priorities
The “financial vortex” refers to the set of competing financial priorities and life events that make it difficult for many...
Social Security Really Helps Low Earners – Even Though They Might Not Live as Long – Center for Retirement Research
Including disability benefits provides a more complete picture. The Social Security actuaries just released a study that takes a new...
Planning is the Missing Link to True Financial Security
The economy is improving and inflation is under control, so why do so many of us still feel financial pressure...
Savings Boost from Auto-Enrollment Wanes Over Time – Center for Retirement Research
Forty percent of U.S. private-sector workers in a 401(k) retirement plan are in plans with automatic enrollment, and the widely...
5 Financial Planning Tips for Dealing Alzheimer’s
More than 6.7 million people (5% of 65-74-year-olds, 13% of 75-84-year-olds, and more than 33% of those older than 85)...
The Creation Mindset – Accelerate Your Wealth Trajectory
Buying compact discs (CDs) used to be a thing. That’s how we bought music back in the 1980s and 1990s....
