Retirement

I’m usually skeptical of stories about “a friend of a friend.” But in this case, I know that it’s a true story. A friend of a friend was staying in Bali, Indonesia’s paradise island that’s popular with partygoers and backpackers. My “friend of a friend” bought a van to use for transportation. The Balinese authorities

It hardly is news that nursing homes are in trouble. Consumers think they are unsafe; nurses, aides, and other staff are reluctant to work for them; hundreds of facilities are shutting and others are closing beds and even entire wings because they can’t staff them. How can these multiple problems be fixed? The Centers for

The pithy aphorism that “the best things in life are free,” while no doubt well-intentioned, is simply false. It’s slightly more accurate to suggest that the best things in life can’t be bought, but even this claim can be quickly debunked when you attempt to concoct a scenario in which nary a single penny was

Forbes screened more than 800 locales in the U.S. for everything from climate change risk to crime to availability of doctors. We then compared those that made the cut for what they offered in leisure pursuits—from the arts, fine dining and learning to hiking, skiing, watersports and golf. Here are the top 25. by William

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin S till in their mid-50s, Gloria and Kevin Murray of Morgan Hill, California, at the Silicon Valley’s southern tip, are planning well ahead to enjoy their future empty nester status, and ultimately, their retirement years. They recently bought a house 500 miles to the north in

The benefits of tax planning for gay couples can be quite fabulous is you ask this gay tax planner. Our country’s tax code is not very friendly to double-income households, especially those without kids (enter many LGBT couples). According to the US Treasury Department, gay married men earn more, on average, than our straight married

This is a little nerdy but since the FTC is embracing new research from labor economics and law, I thought readers would like to know what experts are talking about — see the New School’s recent event on this topic. First, a speedy overview of labor relations in telecom and tech. Bear with me it’s

Broker-dealers are in an industry overseen by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), but mostly, no one is closely watching them. Making a good profit is their motivator. Sometimes, profit gets all too tempting and those in the position of having control over another’s money take advantage of that power. One wants to believe that

Public policy has been the major factor preventing the integration of retirement plan components: financial asset management, annuities and HECM reverse mortgages. As a result, annuities and HECMs are substantially underutilized, potential synergies between them are unrealized, and the retirees who use these markets often overpay. The result, illustrated by the chart below, is that

When it comes time to shop for Medicare coverage, Medicare Advantage plans have become a very popular option. More than half (51%) of eligible Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage in 2023. That’s an increase of 19% to 46% from 2007 to 2021. What makes these plans so popular? One reason might be costs,