Getty By Diane Eastabrook, Next Avenue Contributor In the 1970s, many teenage boomers practically lived at the mall, trying on clothes at The Gap, eating pretzels at Hot Sam’s and buying albums at Tower Records. Little did they know that by 2029, they might literally be living at the mall. Converting shuttered malls into what’s
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Let’s brush aside some financial noise today, as I’d like to show you the best retirement investment you can make. I’m talking about secure dividends that’ll grow every year, fund your regular expenses today, plus grow your capital so you don’t have to ever worry about running out of money. You won’t have to worry
The new Medicare Plan Finder raises some security concerns Getty By now, most who work with the Medicare Plan Finder have had a chance to familiarize themselves with the new version. The most onerous change is that beneficiaries must log into their MyMedicare.gov account to access saved information. If they don’t have an account and they
Where Julien and Kiersten Saunders live in Atlanta, GA, they have multiple options for grocery shopping. There’s the high-end market down the block or the traditional grocery store around the corner. Good choices, for sure. But when you’re looking to cut costs in order to reach financial independence, you have to find ways to save.
Late last July Jason Zweig and Andrea Fuller reported on the front page of The Wall Street Journal how CFP Board has failed at monitoring certificant listings at their LetsMakeAPlan.Org consumer referral website. Zweig and Fuller found certificants whose disclosure histories appeared clean on CFP Board’s site to have, among other causes for criminal felony
You’ve probably heard of Michael Burry. Played by Christian Bale in the film The Big Short, Burry famously made nearly a billion dollars betting against the housing bubble in the 2000s. Now this legendary contrarian has a new target: funds. He’s mostly panning passive exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but he’s got a lot of disdain to
Source: WallStreetsBullAndHowToBearIt 3 asset classes with potential, and 3 others with high risk In addition to the core list of individual stocks I follow and use in client portfolios, I closely track a list of 100 ETFs. That ETF list covers a wide variety of market segments that span the globe. There are stocks, bonds,
Wayne Himelsein is buying Mastercard. © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP The S&P 500 made a new all-time high last week. Wayne Himelsein, one of my best managers, bought Mastercard even though his confidence in the market has been somewhat weakened by the failure of the Dow and Nasdaq to confirm the S&P 500’s new high,
By Debbie Musser, Next Avenue Contributor Getty Moving from home to a residential care facility can be a difficult transition for older adults. But for those with dementia, leaving the familiar surroundings of home often proves to be especially challenging. A recent study by researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) provides insight
Betsy DeVos, U.S. Secretary of Education (Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP Here’s why you got rejected for student loan forgiveness. Here’s what you need to know – and what to do about it. Student Loan Forgiveness If you’ve read the latest headlines, 99% of borrowers have been rejected for student loan forgiveness. Yes,