Retirement

‘Whatever you do, don’t try to sell us an annuity.’ When 60-something couples visit a financial adviser’s office for help with retirement planning, these are often the first words they say after sitting down. Most of what they’ve read about annuities has been eye-glazing or frightening. But don’t write off annuities yet. Owning annuities can
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Helping baby boomers retire is where the money is.   Getty Today’s Gold Mine: Baby Boomers For financial services firms, especially fintechs, baby boomers should be seen as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. They control 50% of the nation’s wealth, outspend younger generations, and are more likely to spend their
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WASHINGTON, DC, 2019/07/31: Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services speaks during the Heritage Foundation’s event. (photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images President Trump’s Medicare chief, Seema Verma, may have signaled the beginning of the end of Medicare’s three-day rule—the requirement
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Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are great potential fits for any modern retirement portfolio. With interest rates ticking down from 2% to 1% and, perhaps, eventually 0%, these generous dividend payers are benefitting big time. REIT stocks tend to yield twice as much as regular ol’ stocks. They collect rent and pay it directly to
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