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Some Thoughts on Getting Out Early
The Motley Fool’s Selena Maranjian offers some thoughts oriented toward those who think an early retirement might be in their future. Her article, posted on fool.com, magnifies the importance of a plan–not only for accumulating your nest egg, but for using…
Alliance Seeks to Promote Encourage Young Voters
The Civic Engagement Alliance (CEA), a collaborative nonpartisan effort to improve voter engagement and other forms of civic engagement on campus, may be gaining momentum a post by Solutions Journalism Network’s David Bornstein on nytimes.com reports. CEA’s mission is to promote voter engagement…
Entering Your Seventh Decade? Here Are Some Things You need to Know
For those of you aging into the time of life when ideas like retirement, financial planning, and Social Security begin to move further up your priority list, there are so me fundamentals you need to master as quickly as you…
Social Security, A Source of Independence for Millions
(Source: Social Security Administration) Posted on July 3, 2018 by Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications On July 4, people in communities everywhere celebrate our nation’s independence with neighbors, family, and friends. A strong community promotes independence by helping each other lead…
The Elusive Financial Independence
Today is Independence Day, and that’s a great milestone to honor. But for many Americans, true and absolute financial independence remains out of reach. The Motley Fool’s Sean Williams takes a look at statistics that say “Only one in 10…
The Oft-Overlooked Glitch in Retirement Planning
One sort of standard rule of thumb is that your cash flow in retirement needs to be adequate to cover about 75% of your retirement spending level. That might work out for some, but for those who get hit with…
A Collection of “Backgrounders” on Social Security
Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary, in a post on www.washingtonpost.com, examines a collection of issues and provides responses to Social Security-related questions. Her comments serve to help readers gain more of an in-depth understanding of how Social Security works, touching on some…
Attention Business Owners: Some Tips for Your retirement Planning
Small business owners (and there are nearly 30 million of those in the U.S.) tend to worry a lot about the retirement security of their employees. But what about their own? Certainly, they have a plan in mind, and it…
Well, Here’s Another New Scam Hitting the Airwaves
It’s an alert to Kentuckians, but it’s likely to spread (and probably already has!) across the country, and it once again involves your Social Security number. In this version of a scam, impostors posing as “Federal Social Security Agents” will…
Media Coverage of Retirement Savings Shortfalls Questionned
Andrew Biggs, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and frequent columnist of issues associated with retirement financing and Social Security, presents an analysis of the media’s coverage of what’s become commonly knows as a “retirement savings crisis.” In…