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How Working Baby Boomers Effect the Job Market
This year there are more jobs in the U.S. than at any other point in history with 144.42 million positions. But that is not enough, because the job growth rate is only 546,000 per year since the Great Recession. Experts say…
When Should You Take Social Security?
The answer to this tricky question depends upon a lot of things, like your health, your financial situation and how long you expect to live. So the answer is always “It depends”. This article by Janie Kelly of the Jalbert Kelly…
Convincing Yourself to Save
Many see saving for retirement as an obligation and react to it the same way as many other obligations, with procrastination. As with starting a diet or exercise regimen it is perpetually delegated to tomorrow’s to-do list. This may be…
How to maximize your Social Security spousal benefits
Thanks to Social Security spousal benefits, you could be entitled to inflation-adjusted income for the rest of your life, even if you never worked or didn’t work consistently throughout your career. If you’ve never heard of spousal benefits, then you…
Will you get a Social Security increase in 2017?
Will you get a Social Security increase in 2017? Well, you may, but if so it will be very modest and may be wiped out by the rising cost of Medicare premiums. Read about the possibilities, and learn how the…
Understanding the Social Security Trust Fund
With all the media coverage of Socil Security’s “trust fund dilemma” and the projections about what’s likely to happen in the future absent corrective action, it’s important that those impacted by the program have a good understanding of the Trust…
Social Security: Where the money comes from, where it goes
The source of money paid out in benefits to Social Security recipients is primarily the 6.2% payroll tax paid by both workers and employers. That’s about 86% of the total, but what about the rest of it? Sean Williams of…
Changing Attitudes About Retirement
As on the eve of this year’s annual Labor Day festivities, it’s interesting to learn that there seems to be a major shift in viewpoints about retirement. An article by Tim Krohn of Mankota Free Press takes a look at…
Discover a Whole World of Retirement Possibilities
(Source – Social Security Matters) Christopher Columbus might be one of the most famous explorers in America. He’s credited with discovering the New World, though Native Americans were here long before the Italian sailor. Centuries later, there are new horizons…
Medicare Premium Increases Again in Focus
Once again, the potential of a substantial rise in Medicare premiums is looming for a large portion of current beneficiaries. The issue is discussed in a post by Motley Fool’s Sean Williams…Read the article here… Notice: The link provided…