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Will Baby Boomers Sink the Economy and Your Portfolio?
Investing styles and personalities have always run the gamut — from value hounds to growth-stock sleuths and everything in between. As for me, I’m the resident “awfulizer;” while my colleagues dig into financial statements to uncover the next 10-bagger stock,…
Credit Card Upgrades Are Ordered to Protect People’s Data
President Obama signed an executive order on Friday to strengthen security on federally issued credit cards and government payment systems, part of a push to protect Americans from identity theft and fraud after several large-scale data security breaches this year. “You should be able…
3 Strategies for Making Your Retirement Money Last
After decades of saving for retirement, even forward-thinking individuals start to get nervous when the time comes to actually say goodbye to their jobs. With health care costs continuing to rise and lifespans growing longer, the fear of outliving one’s…
Can I Keep Social Security Benefits in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?
You can keep your social security benefits if you file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, regardless of where you live. This is because social security benefits are exempt property, which means they are protected in bankruptcy. It is a good idea to…
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Publishes Draft Coverage Decision to Reimburse the Decipher® Test for Intermediate & High Risk Prostate Cancer
GenomeDx Biosciences today announced that a draft local coverage determination (LCD) for its Decipher® Prostate Cancer Classifier has been published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) describing a coverage and payment policy for use of the Decipher…
When Retirement Planning, Consider Transportation
FOR Roland Dion, 81, who lives on the eastern edge of San Diego, being isolated in a place where the car rules is all too real a possibility. “Out here, it’s cars,” Mr. Dion said. “Cars, cars, cars, cars.” Doctor appointments,…
Would you trade your Social Security number for a pistachio cookie?
A performance artist recently set up a booth at a New York festival, offering homemade cookies in exchange for visitors’ phone numbers, fingerprints, address, mother’s maiden name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of their Social Security numbers, and…
Medicare counseling can save seniors money
Medicare, Medigap, medications — trying to fend off the afflictions of aging, on the income of retirees, can be hard. And as they struggle with the challenge, seniors need to stay in sync with the stipulations of both government and…
What Did President Obama Fail to Mention to Millennials?
Last week in Santa Monica, California, President Obama spoke of the achievements of the millennial generation—those of us born after 1980 and before the mid-2000s. He praised millennials for being the most educated, energetic, and tech-savvy generation ever, but he left out…
The Second Obamacare Election
A second major rebuke of Obama would be historic—and might even suggest he’s “on the wrong side of history.” If the Republicans take the Senate, Obama will be the first president since Woodrow Wilson to lose the House in one…