When you've spent decades preparing for retirement, it may feel as if it can't come soon enough. But it's crucial to ensure you're actually ready to retire before you dive in, or else your senior years may not be as enjoyable as you'd hoped. There's no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to choosing the right [...]
Forbes compared more than 750 locales in America, measuring everything from housing costs and taxes to healthcare and air quality. These are the top 25 cities for retirees. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Timur and Pamela Lacey had flown from their Los Angeles-area home to Austin and Atlanta and were planning trips to Dallas, Savannah, Ga., [...]
There are a lot of misunderstanding about the Social Security rules. Some of these rules are coming into play more than usual during the Covid-19 pandemic, so it’s important to know the rules. A misunderstanding can lead to poor decisions and lower lifetime benefits. When someone is both working and receiving Social Security benefits, there [...]
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The senior population is growing fast, and with it, a growing body of knowledge about what it takes to be truly fulfilled in our golden years. What’s become clear is that even the most well designed financial plan can’t ensure happiness on its own; we also need good health, social interaction and a sense of [...]
The senior population is growing fast, and with it, a growing body of knowledge about what it takes to be truly fulfilled in our golden years. What’s become clear is that even the most well designed financial plan can’t ensure happiness on its own; we also need good health, social interaction and a sense of [...]
A pandemic like the one we’ve experienced with COVID-19 has completely altered financial strategies. It has upended revenue and profits as well as incomes. As if it wasn’t already challenging enough to save for retirement, a pandemic seemingly has put an end to retirement savings. Or, has it? We asked a number of entrepreneurs, financial advisors, [...]
It’s no secret that most Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement. According to the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), more than 75% of Americans have retirement savings that fall short of conservative savings targets, and 21% aren’t saving at all. But how exactly do you decide how much the average American should be saving [...]
America's military and police working dogs' needs are fully supported and funded by the government, until they retire. The costs of their care after years of dedicated service can be high. This is where Project K9 Hero jumps in. According to their website, their vision is to ensure quality of life for America's retired Military [...]
One of the reasons that many Americans get up and go to work every day is to put some money away for retirement. While Social Security payments can be a helpful financial foundation in retirement, it is often not enough to cover anything but the most basic expenditures, especially in the uncertain financial times wrought by the coronavirus [...]