Retirement Tips You Can Use
Retirement
Social Security 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Social Security in 2020 is shaping up to be a case of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Recipients receive a monthly 1.6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). It now takes $1,410 to earn a Social Security credit, up $50...
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Tips for Seniors
Betty White and Seniors Expected to See 100
Here’s the good news: Life expectancy at birth rose 0.1 percent in 2018, increasing to 78.7 years for the total U.S. population. So, how does that factor into your everyday financial strategy? For starters, there’s more time to do...
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Tips for Seniors
Being Older Does Not Mean Unemployable
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 prohibits employment discrimination against people age 40 or older. But a 2009 Supreme Court decision – Gross v. FBL Financial Services – imposed a sizeable burden of proof on workers...
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Retirement
New Secure Act Makes Retirement Saving Easier
Three years in the making and designed to raise the level and security of retirement saving, the SECURE Act includes reforms that could make saving for retirement easier and more accessible for many Americans. Here are several points to...
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Tips for Seniors
More Older Couples are Shacking Up
Married … with children – or without – is still the all-American way. However, the share of adults who cohabitate has more than doubled since 1993, to 7% from 3%, according to research from the Pew Research Center’s analysis...
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