Retirement

Regina called AgingParents.com in desperation. She has an 85 year old neighbor, Tony, who lives alone and he’s in big trouble. He just can’t take care of himself and he has a lot of medical issues. He says he has no family. He reaches out to her sometimes and she has been helping him pay

6 Tips for Managing Your Zero-interest Promotion When shopping for furniture for a home my wife and I purchased two years ago, the store in which we found many wonderful pieces was offering a promotion of zero interest for two years. All we had to do was qualify based on our credit rating. The stipulation

Introduction A recent federal law, the Corporate Transparency Act (not so affectionately called by the acronym “CTA”) may have a significant and perhaps disturbing impact on your planning. The CTA mandates a new type of reporting to the government that no one has experienced yet in the U.S. It is all encompassing and despite its

Public employers, especially state and local governments, who employ by far the largest share of public employees, have a hard time filling positions in a tight labor market. At the same time, many public employees face financial difficulties. Employers often have only limited room to quickly raise wages, but they can provide meaningful benefits that

A strong labor market currently provides households with lots of jobs and rising wages that make it easier to pay off their debt, even as households are borrowing more money, especially on credit cards. Right now, delinquencies on consumer credit are still well below their already fairly low levels before the pandemic. But, this could

Cigar entreprenuer Marvin Samel is bringing a deeply-personal film he wrote and produced about his family to the world with love, humility, and knowledge that the odds are stacked against him. “We are the little movie that can,” says Samel. In 2001, entrepreneur Marvin Samel was highlighted in Forbes, in an article titled “Cult Brands.”

For years, there’s been a consistent recommendation from me and other retirement researchers. People should delay beginning Social Security retirement benefits for as close to age 70 as possible. New research adds to the evidence in support of that recommendation. Delaying Social Security benefits to age 70 instead of 62 increases monthly benefits by 77%

On any given day, the financial press is chocked full of articles about how the stock market is poised to skyrocket, or is on the precipice of a profound decline—often by 20% or more. The most sensational predictions seem to draw the most readers. Pundits who at some time in the past, say in 2001,

The start line of the annual race in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, was crowded. A rain delay had participants just waiting. I looked over at a woman next to me, and said “hello”. She was friendly and we had a conversation. When the announcer asked who was celebrating a birthday, we both raised our

You’ve been playing around with your side hustle for some time now. It’s still fun, but you’re wondering if it could be more fun. And by “more fun,” you’re thinking, “generate more business.” It doesn’t have to be more business that pushes your side hustle into the full-time tier. Maybe it’s just a few extra