Maximizing your Social Security income should be a key part of your retirement plan. As Americans often enjoy longer retirements, the guaranteed lifetime income for Social Security is an even more important part of maintaining your financial security as you age. With a near record Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2023, the maximum Social
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Many aspiring entrepreneurs feel the creative urge represents the most important trait for success. Many great ideas, though, never become viable businesses. Take a look at some of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time. Did Henry Ford invent the automobile? No. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot first produced a steam-powered automobile in 1769. Did Steve Jobs and Steve
Poverty rates rose for older Americans in 2021 and it was the only demographic group to experience rising poverty, according to the U.S. Census. Eroding pensions, increases in Social Security’s normal retirement age, and big gaps in access to retirement savings plans at work are causing elderly income security in the United States to fall.
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Legendary value investor Bill Miller sees fresh opportunities in the stock market amid the brutal selloff this year, urging investors to take advantage of shares that are trading at discounted prices while also remaining bullish about Bitcoin BTC , calling cryptocurrencies “misunderstood.” Speaking at the Forbes/SHOOK
A recent article of mine posed the question: If you want the largest possible HECM credit line in the years ahead do you take it now or wait until you are older? I suggested that it was advantageous for borrowers to wait because the line grows over time, and it will grow more rapidly if
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Social Security Administration announced today that benefits will jump 8.7% for 2023, the largest increase since 1981, when double digit inflation pushed payments up more than 11%. The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) affects 70 million Americans, including 48 million retired workers and their spouses and dependents;
This is a true story, and it may reflect what many older vets face when they start to lose their independence. We’ll call our vet “Uncle Zach”. At AgingParents.com, we worked with the daughter of a 99 year old gentleman, Tony, with dementia and various health conditions. I would sometimes visit him at home to
For you, a vaccination is a vaccination; it protects you against something. But, under Medicare, all vaccines are not equal and that means you probably paid more for some than for others. The coverage for a vaccine depends on the part of Medicare under which it falls. Part B, medical insurance, covers most vaccines that
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Undeterred by the market selloff this year, Ark Invest founder and CEO Cathie Wood doubled down on disruptive innovation stocks and predicted deflationary trends will continue into next year. “Innovation trends like electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, gene sequencing and blockchain technology are all highly deflationary,” Wood
Many investors make the mistake of assuming advisers who appear wealthy must be financially savvy and will make them rich. Scammers count on the allure of real or imaginary wealth. To be sure, hiring a penniless pauper to advise you on how to get rich makes no sense. On the other hand, many people believe