Over four million women aged 65 and older in America today are living in poverty. That translates to a yearly income at or below $11,756. At less than $1000 per month, money is stretched thin as can be for these women. Groceries alone account for...
As a working adult in your forties, you might feel life is all set, and you’re right on track for a happy retirement. After all, you have been contributing to your 401k since the day you first started working. What else could there be left...
As medicine improves and life expectancy increases, the concept of retirement has changed. No longer are senior adults content with resting once they reach retirement age. No, these people who have worked so hard all their lives now want to take the time to enjoy...
Probably the last thing on a 20-something’s mind when starting a new job is saving for retirement. So many other financial goals seem more pressing—buying a house, starting a family, paying for education. And let’s face it. Retirement is at least 40 years down the...
We are women, hear us roar… We have some tips to help you save more! For your retirement that is. Did you know that more than two-thirds of women in the United States have either no savings for retirement and that even if they did...
With advances in healthcare, people are living longer. However, that often means that men and women in their forties and fifties take on the responsibility of caring for their parents. You want to help, of course, even if it means finding an assisted living facility...
With Social Security accounting for an average of 60 percent of retirement income, and an aging population with less people contributing to the pool, the management of Social Security benefits is in desperate need of a makeover. So what about a national lottery to fund...
For Americans planning on retiring in the next few years, changes to claiming options made through The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which goes into effect May 1, 2016, may make retirement no longer feasible. With false pretenses to save the government money, the changes put...
