3 Ways to Help Your Aging Parents
It didn’t come as a surprise when my parents started asking for more help around their house. My mother is 72 and my father is 77, so it’s a testament to their health that they’ve been able to get...
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Sometimes, Money CAN Buy Happiness (for a little while)
Laura Vanderkam offers a total rethink about financial planning in her new book, All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know about Getting and Spending. Every dollar is a choice, she...
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Retiree: How the World Sees Me
Being retired is often misunderstood. Younger people may think it’s an extended vacation, older people may think it’s an opportunity to finally be who you want to be. Some may even think you’re out of...
View ArticleWriting Your Personal Bucket List
Whether it’s a weeklong family vacation or an evening out with my wife, I always try to make the most of every experience. That’s why I’ve already started working on my personal “bucket list.” Even...
View ArticleNearly 50 and Laid Off: Finding a Job in Retirement
When I was busy enjoying my 20s and 30s, I had a vision of being set in my career by the time I reached my 50s, at which point I’d coast along for a few years until I could enjoy a traditional...
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How to Find a Job with Purpose (and Income) In Your Retirement Years
Marci Alboher is a leading voice in the advocacy of encore careers—later-in-life work that combine personal meaning, continued income and social impact. Marci has been rethinking the world of work...
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Understanding the Differences Between Older and Younger Baby Boomer Home Buyers
Like most people, baby boomers are anxious about how the current economy will impact their later years—and their living arrangements during that time. But while the oldest members of this...
View ArticleDoes Birth Order Affect Financial Decisions?
Does birth order affect your personal finances? According to Derrick Kinney, an Ameriprise Financial Advisor, your birth order position as the eldest, youngest, middle or only child may impact your...
View ArticleFinancial Security Tips for Single Retirees
Single retirees don’t have it easy. The cost of living for single retirees is 40 to 50 percent higher than that of retired married couples, according to a recent report by the BMO Retirement Institute....
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Allstate Seniors’ Guide: The New Rules of Safe Driving
Remember the basics from driver’s education? Keep your hands at 10 and 2 o’clock, pump your brakes to keep your wheels from locking in a panic stop and turn in the direction of a skid to regain...
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Caregivers: Choose the Right Car for the Job
The American Association of Retired Persons estimates that 44 million Americans are currently caring for a relative. For today’s older drivers, that can mean caring for a spouse, sibling, parent, adult...
View ArticleLiving Longer: Men Are Closing the Gender Longevity Gap
Men planning for retirement may want to take a second look at the size of their portfolios. According to a recent study released by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, they are living...
View ArticleThe Road to a Happy Retirement
Ask any two people what a happy retirement looks like and you’re likely to get two very different answers. “Golfing every day and reading presidential memoirs,” one person might say, while another...
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Thinking About Early Retirement? A Few Things to Consider.
Early retirement isn’t for everyone. But for those who do dream of it, it’s an idea that sounds very enticing. If you’re thinking that you’d rather not spend your sunset years toiling away at a 9-5...
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Thinking About Early Retirement? A Few Things to Consider:
Early retirement isn’t for everyone. But for those who do dream of it, it’s an idea that sounds very enticing. If you’re thinking that you’d rather not spend your sunset years toiling away at a 9-5...
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5 Quick & Easy Strategies to Save More for Retirement
According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, almost one-third of all Americans have less than $1,000 set aside for retirement and more than half have less than $10,000. This is surprising in...
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4 Ways to Use Your Tax Refund Wisely [INFOGRAPHIC]
Tax time may not actually be 'fun,' but once the process of filling out all those forms is completed, dotting the Is and crossing the Ts, many of us have a refund coming our way. With the average tax...
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Not Saving Enough? Analyze Your Spending Habits
Managing your personal finances can be a hassle…at least it has been for me in the past. Developing and sticking to a weekly or monthly budget can be difficult, or if nothing else, annoying. But I have...
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Who Saves More: Gen Y, Gen X or Boomers? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Saving is important, but spending is just so darn fun. Proper planning for your future, regardless of your age, may require an increased focus on saving more so that you can retire comfortably....
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Be Aware of Retirement Milestones [INFOGRAPHIC]
Retirement, for many people, is either a goal or an eventuality. In both cases, it's something for which we should all plan. While life is a journey, how do you know where you are along the path? It's...
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