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The Importance of Effective Retirement Strategy–A Real-Life Scenario
Asset management vs. strategic planning: Which is most important in arranging your retirement financial planning? In an article posted on www.uexpress.com by analyst Scott Burns, a real-life situation is used to explain the difference. Read more… Notice: The link provided…
What’s Happening to Social Security Family Benefits?
An article posted on www.marketwatch.com by Alicia H. Munnell examines the manner in which the family benefits available via Social Security have evolved over the years and how they fit today’s environment. Read more… Notice: The link provided above connects…
Taking a Look at Financial Issues in Retirement
Mary Beth Franklin, a contributing editor with Investment News, author, and certified financial planner, takes a look at some of the fundamental issues to be considered in planning for retirement. Read her article, posted on www.kansas.com, here… Notice: The link…
Guidance on Social Security Decisions for Women
Women aging into Social Security are faced with several key questions that must be carefully considered in order to get the most of this earned benefit. An article posted by Irene Saccoccio on blog.shrm.org explores these issues, tailoring them to the female…
Boomers in Politics
This election season the Baby Boomer generation regained its grip on the white house. Both major candidates are firmly rooted within the age range that classifies all Baby Boomers and the same generation has become the sounding board for most of…
Turning Medicare Into a Premium Support System: Frequently Asked Questions
(By Gretchen Jacobson and Tricia Neuman for Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) Premium support is a general term used to describe an approach to reform Medicare that aims to reduce the growth in Medicare spending by increasing competition among health…
Understanding the Implications of Divorce and Death in Social Security Planning
In an article posted on eresearch.fidelity.com, Dow Jones Newswires writer Robert Powell takes a look at some of the Social Security planning issues that emerge in relation to marriage, divorce, death, and remarriage. Citing works published by several noted authors, the article provides…
The Future of Social Security Benefit Increases
For the third time in the past seven years, Social Security beneficiaries did not receive a cost-of-living increase in 2016, and the trend is likely to continue. Even if there is an increase in 2017, it is projected to be…
Denied Disability Benefits – Filing an Online Appeal
(Source – Social Security Administration) Social Security offers you many options to conduct business with us online. Far gone are the days when you needed to visit our offices or call us on the phone to appeal a denial of…
Understanding the reasons why Social Security reform is critical now
Charles Blahous, senior research fellow for the Mercatus Center and former public trustee for Social Security and Medicare, outlines the consequences of postponing Social Security reform in an article posted on economics21.org. The article reinforces the comments made last week by colleague Jason…