Retirement

getty This year marks the 100 year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing  women the right to vote. Yet issues of gender discrimination both within and outside of the workplace continue to be problematic, putting women at higher risk when it comes to retirement security than their male counterparts. While the recent

By Erin Flynn Jay, Next Avenue Contributor getty Millions of Americans are struggling to afford their medications during Covid-19, including some with health insurance, the nearly 27 million who lost coverage due to a job loss and those who never had it. But there are quite a few ways to lower your prescription drug costs

Zero percent concept icon – 3D Rendered Image getty How does 3 years of 0% returns sound? I saw a popup ad this week, and it said something like “guess which stock is up 350% this year?!” I chuckled to myself and thought, in the perception of some investors, maybe all of them. My point:

Four steps to stay on track for s secure retirement. Keep on running so you don’t run out of money … [+] in retirement. AFP via Getty Images Being stuck at home for months and months, thanks to COVID-19, has many people rethinking what their dream retirement looks like. Others, who are out of work

getty If you’ve been paying the least bit attention, you know there’s a concern that some 401(k) plans have excessive fees. Recent headlines attest to this, as plans are regularly involved in “excessive” fee lawsuits. Is your 401(k) plan burdened by high fees? Do you even know how to judge when a fee is too

ITALY – CIRCA 2003: Procession of the notaries through the streets of Perugia for the Feast of … [+] Candlemas, miniature from the manuscript concerning notaries’ guilds in Perugia. Italy, 15th century. Perugia, Biblioteca Capitolare (Library) (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) De Agostini via Getty Images Who are “WEIRD” people? It’s a clever acronym, to denote

getty We tend to worry about retirement quite a bit, and with good reason. There are a number of different risks that could eat into your hard-earned retirement savings. The average joe often thinks of these risks as one or more of the following: a market crash, crippling debt, rising healthcare costs, and poor overall

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Brilliant vacation destination beaches like this are sprinkled all over Antigua and Barbuda. They … [+] are one of the main attractions of the citizenship by investment program this Caribbean country offers. getty Antigua and Barbuda is an independent Caribbean state and a member of the British Commonwealth. The country with its lush tropical islands

getty The headline: “State district judge rules part of Houston’s pension reform is unconstitutional.” And the report is a bit of a head-scratcher at first: the firefighters’ pension fund complains that the city is using a lower valuation discount rate than they themselves would have used, which has the effect of increasing the city’s required

Consider all your sources of retirement income when making asset allocation decisions in retirement. getty In order to protect existing assets, retirees and their advisors are understandably concerned about avoiding financial losses due to stock market downturns. The primary concern is that if any losses occur, the retiree won’t have the ability or time to

PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 13: Wearing a face mask to reduce the risk posed by the … [+] coronavirus, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivers remarks about his ‘vision for older Americans’ at Southwest Focal Point Community Center October 13, 2020 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. With three weeks until Election Day, Biden is campaigning

A caretaker baby boomer daughter talking with her mother in her 80s wearing protective mask getty The covid-19 pandemic has increased the burden on family caregivers and made Americans more insistent than ever on receiving their own care at home, rather than in a long-term care facility. Yet, they are in more denial than before

getty Most investors worry about the next market downturn and try to figure out when it will occur. But they don’t develop specific action plans. That’s a major oversight. You need to plan now for the next downturn. Back in March when the markets and economy plunged, many people didn’t have plans. Of course, few

You may be surprised by how small the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment will be for 2021 getty There has been quite a bit of speculation about what the Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) would look like for 2021. With the USA falling into a recession and millions of people out of

This isn’t the only important point when it comes to Medicare, the flu, and the flu vaccine. getty The flu season is coming. We don’t know exactly when it will arrive or how long it will last but it’s on its way. In the United States, flu season generally begins in October, peaks between December and February,

getty Should the forgotten parts of the market be ignored, or does opportunity knock? Is it a stock market, or a market of stocks? So goes the old Wall Street expression. In our sound-bite lives, even an observant investor could be excused for not realizing how uneven the returns have been among the 11 sectors

getty Will the HEROES Act form the basis of an eventual stimulus-spending deal, if indeed there is one? Current reporting focuses on the amount of spending on such particulars as stimulus checks, unemployment boosts, and the like, while ignoring the endless list of additional provisions, from ballot harvesting to a T-band auction repeal, to yes,

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getty Younger workers are concerned that social security will no longer be available for them when they retire. They fear that they have been paying into the system for years, but there will be nothing left when they retire.  Social Security Trustees released their annual report in April 2020, and stated there is a possibility that social