6 Unusual Retirement Lifestyles
Grandkids are great but retirees have “other fish to fry” during retirement as one financial planner puts it. Check out some of these unusual retirement situations that are a far…
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Boomers’ Homes Are Once Again Their Castles
Aging Baby Boomers apparently missed the memo about how badly they’ve prepared for retirement. While study after study highlights inadequate retirement savings and planning, a new survey and report sponsored…
Wall Street’s Terrible Argument Against A Rule That Could Save Americans Billions
It’s pretty hard to come up with a good argument against the White House’s Monday proposal to require brokers to act in their client’s best interest when it comes to…
How Democrats Almost Strangled The Obama-Warren Retirement Security Plan In The Cradle
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama unveiled a significant retirement security proposal with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday, announcing plans to bolster retirement accounts by curbing conflicts of interest on…
President Obama Urges Unbiased Retirement Advice
President Barack Obama called on the Department of Labor today to draw up a rule to protect people who save in IRAs, 401(k)s and other workplace retirement plans from hidden…
When You Should Take Social Security
Social Security is most Americans’ largest retirement asset, but the system is “maddeningly complex, and if you don’t figure it out, you can lose big bucks,” says one of the…
Protect your retirement plan from the government’s whims
Take taxes. You can’t dictate tax policy, but you may at least be able to hedge against future rate hikes by engaging in a bit of “tax diversification”that is, spreading…
5 Ways Retirement Is Different For Women
It seems that the differences between men and women extend even into retirement and the planning for it. Here are five things women need to consider: 1. Women live longer….
Jon Stewart Slams Kansas, Alabama On Gay Rights: ‘There’s No Place Like Homophobia’
A day after announcing his impending retirement from “The Daily Show,” it was business as usual for Jon Stewart on Wednesday as he railed against Kansas and Alabama for recent…
Three admirals censured in Navy corruption investigation
Rear Admirals Michael Miller, Terry Kraft and David Pimpo were censured by the Secretary of the Navy on Tuesday after an investigation found that they “improperly accepted gifts from a…
5 Harmful Retirement Misconceptions To Avoid
When you plan for retirement, an exciting new phase of life, double-check your expectations. They may not match the reality. Baby boomers, currently in their 50s and 60s, view retirement…
Your 3 biggest Social Security questions answered
For people who are more than a decade or so away from retirement, however, some sort of downsizing is more likely. The Boston College Center for Retirement Research’s Social Security…
How To Balance Saving For Retirement With Saving For College
It’s a uniquely Gen X personal finance dilemma: Should those of us with young children be socking away our savings in 401(k)s and IRAs to make up for Social Security’s…
Is your target-date fund ripping you off?
Meanwhile, the younger investors in the Target 2050 funds are decades away from retirement and should be in funds with returns that are on the higher end of the range….
5 Ways To Earn More Money In Retirement
Many people want to continue working well beyond the traditional retirement age, and there are many reasons for that. People are living longer these days, so an early retiree could…
Like life there, cockfighting in Cuba is a gray area
That was the case when I decided to join 93-year-old Tono Torrente on a trip to the outskirts of Havana to a cockfighting arena. On paper, this was a privately…
Obama’s myRA retirement accounts are now a reality
But any workers may invest in the accounts, including those who would like to supplement an existing 401(k) plan, as long as their household income falls below $191,000 a year…
Racing legend Kauto Star steps out in new sport
The 14-year-old racehorse, one of the greatest steeplechasers of all time and a two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, made his dressage debut at London’s Olympia Horse Show on Tuesday. Dressage,…