Retirement

When it comes to retirement decisions and strategies, many preretirees and retirees overlook the most important ones they need to consider for their particular circumstances and goals. Instead, they may often place a low priority on more important retirement decisions and place a higher priority on decisions that won’t significantly impact their financial wellbeing. Let’s

By Chris Taylor, Next Avenue Katerina Stroponiati has a thought exercise for you: Go out on the street and ask any random person about the age of most successful tech company founders. “They will probably tell you 30 or less,” says Stroponiati, a New York City-based venture capitalist and founder of the investing firm Brilliant

By Lucy Lazarony, Next Avenue Michael Murray has been trading Massachusetts’ snow for Florida’s sun for 15 winters. At first, he and his wife, Caroline, headed south on vacations; two years ago, they bought a home in Florida. They relish the snowbird lifestyle, living in the warmth while winters rage up north. “We enjoy being

By Linda Goor Nanos, Next Avenue Older Americans are staying in the work force well beyond the traditional retirement age; 20% of people over 65 are employed. Mature workers bring life and career experience to their jobs and overall have lower turnover rates than younger employees, but by virtue of their advanced age, they may

Late Monday night on January 27, President Trump neutralized the National Labor Relations Board, which is an independent federal agency designed to function without direct political interference. The law explicitly states the President of the United States cannot fire a sitting Board Member without cause, due process, and a hearing. She did not get a

By Lucy Lazarony, Next Avenue When her children went off to college, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox saw it as an investment opportunity. Rather than pay for a bed in a dorm room — at an average annual cost of $7,456 at private universities or $7,167 at state colleges, according to the National Center for Education Statistics —

The power dynamic in families can be highly problematic as a parent ages. Often, one adult child has authority over decisions about the aging parent. Things can go wrong when that power is misused. When siblings disagree over the actions one sibling takes, things can escalate quickly. When the aging parent legally appointed one person

There’s a gap most people have in their insurance plans, and it eventually could cost them a bundle. In general, people have the right amount of insurance for damages to their property, whether it is their homes, other real estate, vehicles, boats, or other items. But people often underestimate their potential liabilities and carry far

Forget E. F. Hutton; when Warren Buffett talks, people listen. And I don’t feel like that’s simply because he’s the world’s most famous investor, though he is. He’s a person of wisdom. A wisdom that seems to have been applied not only in his investing, but also in his marriage, his parenting, and his own

Taxpayers should give as much consideration to the form in which they make charitable donations as they do to the amounts they give. By making some changes they might deliver more benefits to themselves and the charities. Cash contributions, including donations made by checks and payment cards, are the most common and easiest way to