If something were to happen to your spouse, would you know how to find all the important information about your financial accounts? Would all your beneficiary designations be up to date? Do you even agree on who your beneficiaries should be? If your answer is no, you’re not alone. The sad reality is that many … Read more
Generosity is a wonderful thing. If you’re at a stage in your life where you feel you have plenty of resources, and you’re motivated by a desire to give some of your money or possessions to those you love, that’s an admirable impulse – but beware. Your generous spirit can end up causing more trouble … Read more
He or she may look like a financial planner. They may talk like a financial planner. They may even act like a financial planner, and it might say “financial planner” on their business card. But is the person you’re trusting to plan your financial planning really a financial planner? Dig a little deeper and you may … Read more
Earlier in 2018 we ran an article on the AgingOptions blog warning our readers to beware of Facebook – it might be ruining their retirement. (You can find the article here.) Now just this week we’ve run across a similar article on the popular financial website MarketWatch. This piece isn’t warning retirees specifically about Facebook, … Read more
Do you think saving for your children’s college education takes precedence over saving for your own retirement? If you do, you’re not alone – but you may be making a major mistake, with a big price to pay down the line when you do eventually retire. That’s the conclusion from this insightful article that appeared … Read more
What stresses you out? If you’re like nearly two-thirds of Americans, issues surrounding money are right up there near the top of the list, according to the American Psychological Association’s “Stress in America” survey. Money ranked alongside work and politics as the thing that’s creating the most anxiety these days among our fellow citizens. A … Read more
By now you’ve almost certainly read or heard about the 2018 Social Security trustees’ report (if you want a link to the real thing you’ll find it here on the government’s website). Released last week, the report painted a fairly bleak – but not altogether surprising – picture of the Social Security program that is … Read more
Here at AgingOptions we’ve spoken and written frequently about the pros and cons of hiring a financial planner. As you know if you’ve heard us discussing this topic, we are generally in favor of people hiring a professional to provide solid, objective financial advice, since the landscape can get very confusing when it comes to … Read more
When it comes to getting good, unbiased financial advice, do you know where to turn? And are you confident that the fees you’re paying justify the service your financial planner is providing for you? It turns out, based on this recent column we read on MarketWatch, that even savvy investors can find themselves paying exorbitant … Read more
We were reading financial columnist Michelle Singletary’s latest column in the Washington Post a few days ago when something in the article really grabbed our attention. It wasn’t the column itself, which was about “401(k) millionaires” – instead it was a reader comment buried far down in the Singletary column that set off warning bells. … Read more
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