Retirement

ASSOCIATED PRESS After years of ignoring the problem of age discrimination in employment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) appears to have turned a corner. In September, the EEOC filed four age discrimination lawsuits, settled one age discrimination lawsuit and won a jury verdict in an age discrimination case. The significance of this activity
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By Michelle V. Rafter, Next Avenue Contributor Getty People 50 and older who freelance, according to the just-released Freelancing in America: 2019 report, fall roughly into two groups. There are those on the younger side who do it for the flexibility or because they think they might not be able to find work otherwise. And
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Manufacturing Decline Follows Unaddressed Inequality And Trade Wars. Getty The economy is slowing while manufacturing already appears in a recession. President Trump’s trade wars over the past two years or so have massively contributed to the recent downturn. But his economic policy failures go beyond that. Most importantly, rather than addressing glaring economic inequalities that
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Source: Stock.Adobe.com How to invest as the economy cracks Impeachment talk is flying around social media. Polls are being taken, and so are sides in the battle. But I am here to tell you that as an investor, it is not what matters right now. Because whatever happens in the accelerating impeachment saga, the immediate
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What Should Accountants and Attorneys Tell Their Clients About New Regulations That Govern Their Financial Advisers Getty Creative What Do Accountants And Attorneys Need To Know About New SEC Regulations That Affect Their Clients’ Financial Advisers? Clients of accountants and attorneys are bound to ask questions about new SEC regulations that affect their relationships with
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By Chris Farrell, Next Avenue Contributor Heidi and Tom Notbohm, innkeepers at The Buckingham Inn Bed & Breakfast in Madison, Wisc. Heidi and Tom Notbohm Second-act entrepreneurship is a certifiable trend, with 55-to-64-year-olds now accounting for 26% of new entrepreneurs, according to the Kauffman Foundation. But some of these entrepreneurs launch despite naysayers saying: Don’t
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Getty Images Generation X or Gen X is nothing if not consistent. In retirement surveys and studies, they often come up as the generation most in need of help getting to retirement. Yet their do-it-yourself, independent nature doesn’t lend itself to getting the guidance that is often needed. Gen X needs some help. Initially, their retirement planning started
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